8 days later
The last test before the RWC squad will be announced in a couple of weeks.
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns
Is this on telly or internetworkings?
@KiwiMurph interesting call for off feet...if it was for the knees on the player (which was marginal), I can't recall the last time I saw it called.
Black Ferns only seem to have one playing style
Could bite them - both tonight and the world cup.
What's with having small backs carting it up in the middle of the park and lolloping forwards mangling it on the sideline?
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Ref doesn't seem to understand the idea of keeping your feet
Haaaaa, that one did get a hearty wtf laugh. She was lying on her side, playing the ball and topped it off by wriggling forward.
Brilliant when you compare it to the Miller one earlier.
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns
Is this on telly or internetworkings?
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@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns
Is this on telly or internetworkings?
Standard here
Sky Sport 1 here in NZ...
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns
Is this on telly or internetworkings?
Standard here
Sky Sport 1 here in NZ...
Sorry about the autocorrect
@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@booboo said in Black Ferns 2025:
@Bones said in Black Ferns 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Ferns 2025:
Wallaroos have started very well. Playing the conditions better than the Black Ferns
Is this on telly or internetworkings?
Standard here
Sky Sport 1 here in NZ...
Sorry about the autocorrect
Standard.
@Donsteppa said in Black Ferns 2025:
A strong run and also minimal defence for that latest try.
I'd say almost a quarter of the team is decent numbers for defence.
Any chance Rieko could get some learning time with Jorja on how to use your feet close to the defence?
Wallaroos dug deep in the last 10. Just before that I was wondering if the Black Ferns were going to break 50.
Final whistle goes at 37 - 12.
Reiko and his Mother (Black Fern #25) presenting jerseys - https://www.instagram.com/blackferns/reel/DL_ICQ6B7Wm/
11 days later
The Black Ferns unveil their 33-player squad for the 2025 tournament in England at 5.05pm NZT on Friday 25 July.
Tune in on YouTube from 5.05pm NZT on Friday 25 July, as the Black Ferns announce the squad set to defend their Rugby World Cup crown in England.
The Rugby World Cup will take place in between 22 August and 27 September 2025, with the Black Ferns drawn in Pool C alongside Ireland, Japan and Spain.
I think there is still a chance that a couple of these players could make the RWC squad. Particularly King and Vaipulu.
The Black Ferns squad for the Rugby World Cup 2025 is (Age, Super Rugby Club, Provincial Union, Test caps):
Loosehead props
*Kate Henwood (36, Chiefs Manawa, Bay of Plenty, 10 Tests)
Awhina Tangen-Wainohu (27, Blues, Waikato, 7 Tests)
*Chryss Viliko (24, Blues, Auckland, 13 Tests)
Hookers
*Atlanta Lolohea (22, Blues, Canterbury, 7 Tests)
*Vici-Rose Green (22, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 2 Tests)
Georgia Ponsonby (25, Matatū, Canterbury, 31 Tests)
Tighthead props
Tanya Kalounivale (26, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 22 Tests)
*Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu (20, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 1 Test)
Amy Rule (25, Matatū, Canterbury, 30 Tests)
Locks
*Laura Bayfield (26, Matatū, Canterbury, 1 Test)
Alana Bremner (28, Matatū, Canterbury, 29 Tests)
Chelsea Bremner (30, Matatū, Canterbury, 22 Tests)
Maiakawanakaulani Roos (23, Blues, Auckland, 33 Tests)
Loose forwards
Liana Mikaele-Tu’u (23, Blues, Auckland, 29 Tests)
*Jorja Miller (21, Black Ferns Sevens, Canterbury, 2 Tests)
*Kaipo Olsen-Baker (23, Matatū, Manawatū, 12 Tests)
*Layla Sae (24, Hurricanes Poua, Manawatū, 14 Tests)
Kennedy Tukuafu (28, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 30 Tests)
Halfbacks
*Iritana Hohaia (25, Hurricanes Poua, Taranaki, 17 Tests)
*Maia Joseph (23, Matatū, Otago, 11 Tests)
*Risaleaana Pouri-Lane (25, Black Ferns Sevens, Ta$man, 2 Tests)
First five-eighths
Kelly Brazier (35, Chiefs Manawa, Bay of Plenty, 43 Tests)
Ruahei Demant (30, Blues, Auckland, 45 Tests)
Midfielders
Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai’i Sylvia Brunt (21, Blues, Auckland, 25 Tests)
Amy du Plessis (26, Matatū, Canterbury, 21 Tests)
Theresa Setefano (30, Blues, Auckland, 19 Tests)
Stacey Waaka (29, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 27 Tests)
Outside backs
Renee Holmes (25, Chiefs Manawa, Waikato, 23 Tests)
Ayesha Leti-I’iga (26, Hurricanes Poua, Wellington, 26 Tests)
*Braxton Sorensen-McGee (18, Blues, Auckland, 3 Tests)
*Katelyn Vahaakolo (25, Blues, Auckland, 17 Tests)
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (34, Blues, Northland, 27 Tests)
Non-travelling reserve
Krystal Murray (32, Chiefs Manawa, Northland, 14 Tests)
*denotes first Rugby World Cup
Black Ferns timeline:
· August 13 - Depart for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 campaign in England
· August 25 – Black Ferns v Spain, York Community Stadium, York, 4.30am (NZT) kick-off
· September 1 – Black ferns v Japan, Sandy Park, Exeter, 1.00am (NZT) kick-off
· September 8 – Black Ferns v Ireland, Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton & Hove, 1.45am (NZT) kick-off
@Daffy-Jaffy No Ruby Tui? Bit disappointing, even though she came back as injury cover lately.