Team has been named to play Wales in the Quarter Final
Have gone with all of the 7's ladies in the starting team with Fluhler partnering Fitzpatrick in the Centres, Portia Woodman on one wing and Ruby Tui starting at Fullback.
Ayesha is on the other wing so we've gone with our strength with the most impressive back three for any of our teams in a while.
And yes, unfortunately but as predicted, Cocksedge starts.
Any of NZ's XVs would beat Wales. I think we're going to see another blowout TBH, short of any bad weather intervening.... and even then, well...
@taniwharugby said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
@NTA is supposed to be some rain about.
That isn't "bad weather" in NZ 
Not the starting tight five I would have selected.
I'm not sure of the need to have both Tubic and Holmes on the bench. Goal kicking will become an issue next week.
Du Plessis very unlucky to not be in the 23.
I'm surprised Fluhler got the nod over du Plessis. Leti iga was always going to start being Smith's preferred wing option although I thought Wickliffe was impressive last week. Would have had Ngan-woo starting, maybe they are trying to ease her workload some.
Not exactly the top team as some have mentioned above.
Front row is best option as a combo and also means that replacement works with Connor and Taumata being FPC team mates also.
I would have thought that Ngan-woo would start with Roos on the bench
Loosies are interchangeable. I thought Simon might start with Hirini on bench but as Simon is a Co-Captain that may be a pointer to Demant only playing half a game and therefore why Tubic is on the bench.
Holmes and Tubic on bench doesn't make sense unless it is due to a plan as mentioned above because there is no midfield cover.
So, pretty much the A side but possibly a couple of management picks.
@Jailbreak7 said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
I'm surprised Fluhler got the nod over du Plessis
I'm not. DuPlessis is better at 12 IMO and Fitzpatrick is the form 12 and making very good decisions.
I expect dP on the bench once they sort out who gets the other spot out of Tubic and Holmes.
If you are going all in on the back three then Fluhler has the instinctive combos with Tui and Woodman.
In effect Fitzpatrick provides the link between the firepower and the go forward and is the decision maker more than Demant.
Great passage of play on attack results in Firzpatrick with the big cut out pass to put Woodman in for a try in the corner
@Machpants long as it's good they can be wobbly!
The amount of Welsh players littered around the BFs side of the breakdown is ridiculous. The ref completely ignoring it is even more ridiculous.
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Oh fuck off! Now we're done for side entry, with half the Welsh team offside.
Yeah typical referring in this comp, let everything go until you randomly ping some one
Dynamic sweeping move and we get a try. Fitzpatrick probably should have passed it but we managed to recycle quickly
Why is Cocksedge so hesitant in everything! Can't even feed a scrum.
It's getting bizarre now, Welsh players clearly not even trying to budge after the tackle and lying lengthwise where the halfback is going and where the tackled player is trying to play the ball, and the ref not even commenting.
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Too many hungus in the ferns
Botched 2 tries already. Tui should have passed early to Woodman
@canefan said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Wow. That Welsh 2 is blatantly cheating at the breakdown
So many hands on the ground
Cocksedge, worst player on the park.
A handbrake on the BFs!
Shouldn't be starting or on the bench.
Wonderful lesson in taking the officials out of the equation here. If only Cocksedge stopped trying to play for the ruck pen, it's not coming, just keep playing.
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Wonderful lesson in taking the officials out of the equation here. If only Cocksedge stopped trying to play for the ruck pen, it's not coming, just keep playing.
Te Nana said it before. Just commit more numbers to secure quick ball and keep going
What a move by Woodman. AB wingers take note. No substitute for hard and direct running.. Demant kicking well too.
@canefan said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Wonderful lesson in taking the officials out of the equation here. If only Cocksedge stopped trying to play for the ruck pen, it's not coming, just keep playing.
Te Nana said it before. Just commit more numbers to secure quick ball and keep going
Think they must be playing to instruction. Either that or putting themselves under pressure for next week. Wales have also done a lot of work in this area and pushing the boundaries as ref allows.
@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Cocksedge, worst player on the park.
A handbrake on the BFs!
Shouldn't be starting or on the bench.
She's better than Christie, at least she can chip kick
Cocksedge has the worst decision making ever. She looks and looks and then throws a shitty slow pass.
The backs need to stop the massive cut out passes and just run straight and hard then draw and pass.
Also, stop forcing the pass and FFS, pass early when you have the support outside you rather than waiting until your tackled or about to be tackled.
Forwards playing well in spite of the absolute shit performance from Cocksedge.
Fuck me, Cocksedge is so useless. Someone please, explain to me why the hell is she starting let alone in the side?
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:
Cocksedge, worst player on the park.
A handbrake on the BFs!
Shouldn't be starting or on the bench.
She's better than Christie, at least she can chip kick
LOL, that's not a chip kick. It's some half-arsed box kick which she over does and kicks away possession all the time at the WRONG time!
Absolutely fucking unless half-back, old and slow of thought and pass!
