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.

Errors from the BFs early. Solid at scrum time though

BFs need to settle. Stop flinging hail Mary passes wide. Patterns and structure please.

Great try

Wobbly conversion lol

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.

Try time again. Nice play by Woodman to regather and feed Tui

Oh fuck off! Now we're done for side entry, with half the Welsh team offside.

@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

Nice

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.

Should ruck those Welsh fatties away. The 2 looked like a bloody beached whale

Too many hungus in the ferns

@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

Really ref? Congratulating wales on a "great turnover"?

Wow. That Welsh 2 is blatantly cheating at the breakdown

@canefan was shouting for her to pass

What the fuck is going on? That ball went out on Wales'40m. AR walks up to halfway?

@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

Another drink break posing as an injury

Cocksedge, worst player on the park.

A handbrake on the BFs!

Shouldn't be starting or on the bench.

Woodman running hard and straight off a simple in pass

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!

@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:

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?

History? Hopefully they switch her out for the SF. But I doubt it

Fluehler having a great game

Champagne rugby from the BFs. Portia is in again

Cocksedge points at the ball in the ruck, learned that from TJP.... ref starting to penalise Welsh at ruck time

Great scrum from the BFs there. That will feel good. And we're in from the resulting penalty. We are dominating them up the guts now

Power from Luka Connor bullocking over - needs to start the SF

@Jailbreak7 said in Black Ferns v Wales QF - RWC:

Power from Luka Connor bullocking over - needs to start the SF

I wonder if Wayne Smith is still rotating his squad? He will lay his cards on the table when he picks the SF team