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Black Ferns make seven changes after opening round defeat
By Lucy Lomax
The Black Ferns have made seven changes to the squad for the second match of WXV 1 against Wales in Dunedin.
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Loosehead prop Kate Henwood, lock Chelsea Bremner, back row Layla Sae and winger Mererangi Paul earn their first start of the tournament. Experienced forwards Krystal Murray and Alana Bremner drop to the bench.
New Zealand played Wales twice at last year’s World Cup recording convincing wins as Wales look to bounce back from an opening weekend defeat to Canada.
This will be the first time since 1997 that the Black Ferns have played in Dunedin.
Balck Ferns:
1. Kate Henwood
2. Georgia Ponsonby
3. Amy Rule
4. Maiakawanakaulani Roos
5. Chelsea Bremner
6. Layla Sae
7. Kennedy Simon (Co-Captain)
8. Liana Mikaele-Tu’u
9. Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu
10. Ruahei Demant (Co-Captain)
11. Mererangi Paul
12. Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu Atai’i (Sylvia) Brunt
13. Amy du Plessis
14. Ruby Tui
15. Renee Holmes
Replacements
16. Luka Connor
17. Krystal Murray
18. Tanya Kalounivale
19. Alana Bremner
20. Lucy Jenkins
21. Iritana Hohaia
22. Patricia Maliepo
23. Martha Mataele
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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