Black Ferns vs Scotland

Joanah Ngan-Woo, Alana Bremner, Sarah Hirini and Liana Mikaele-Tu'u have all impressed in the forwards, while Theresa Fitzpatrick, Amy du Plessis, Renee ...

Join us at 4:45pm, as the NZ women try to clinch an unbeaten record through pool play.

Before the start of the tournament the bookmakers had England as favourites and their record 27 consecutive wins is hard to look past. The Black Ferns crushed ...

It was rare for the Black Ferns not to be title favourites. First week there was probably some shock performances and some tight scorelines but I think it's really good we've now got a really competitive 12 teams at the tournament." I think there were 52 kicks in that last game [against France] so it works for them and they're successful with it." "You can either look at that and see that France defence was something pretty special I think we did that. The Black Ferns crushed Wales in pool play to seal their place in the quarterfinals, while England pipped France to book their playoff berth. Before the start of the tournament the bookmakers had England as favourites and their record 27 consecutive wins is hard to look past.

Wayne Smith's simple but effective coaching method has been well received by the New Zealand women's rugby team, who sit top of their pool and the seedings ...

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Star winger Ayesha Leti-L'iga has returned from injury to notch two tries on her World Cup debut while winger Renee Wickliffe has also notched a double. Top ...

Relive our live updates as the Black Ferns defeated Scotland in their final pool match of the Rugby World Cup at the Northland Events Centre in Whangārei.

It’s been 16 years since the two teams met in a Test with the Black Ferns winning all three previous encounters. The Black Ferns execute and veteran Sarah Hirini crosses the line for New Zealand's third try. Lisa Thomson's kick off the restart is on the full and we head to a scrum at halfway. Skeldon is called for a dummy throw at the lineout so New Zealand are back on attack. Tubic kicks it and the Black Ferns go all in pestering Scotland in the ruck with nowhere to go. Wickliffe scores again, this time in the corner off a swift and sharp set from the Black Ferns backs. Scotland try to attack but Mikaele-Tu'u comes in with a crushing tackle. They do well to hold onto it with the Black Ferns defensive line not giving in. Scotland get the attacking lineout and try to gain some momentum. They are a few metres away from the try line, but they lose it. They fight to get the ball back and are looking rejuvenated following their tough first half. Scotland are on the attack, but Cocksedge steals the ball.

Hosts keep up with a point per minute in the first half before the pace slows, but they keep Scotland scoreless.

The Black Ferns have dominated Scotland to win 57-nil at the Northland Events Centre in Whangarei. Follow all the action as it happened.

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It was a match which showed Scotland how far they need to improve to take on the best in the world, but realistically, for all that the team will carry out their usual review of what went right and wrong, it was largely irrelevant. They enjoyed some pressure early in the second half, and after a penalty was sent to touch Lisa Thomson got to within five metres of the opposition line before being shut down. The 14 women more than held their own, however, and Holmes got her second try – unconverted this time – after a break by substitute Sylvia Brunt break to within the five-metre line. But those who were on the field had places in the knockout matches to fight for, and showed just how seriously they were taking this game by going on a high-tempo offensive right from kick-off. Ayesha Leti-I’iga got the second after being left in acres of space on her, and then from the restart openside Sarah Hirini broke free in midfield to get her team’s third. And they knew within two minutes of kick-off at the Northland Events Centre that a miracle was not about to materialise.

The Black Ferns have dominated Scotland to win 57-nil at the Northland Events Centre in Whangarei. Follow all the action as it happened.

New Zealand have secured top seeding for the Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with an emphatic bonus-point 57-0 win over Scotland in Whangarei.

While their backplay shone, New Zealand also fielded a much-improved scrum ahead of the playoffs. New Zealand set out to play high octane rugby from the start and produced their best performance of the tournament by far, an almost flawless display of 15-woman rugby. [Fiji](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/fiji/) in Group C, currently led by the unbeaten [England](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/england/) after two matches. [Renee Holmes](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/renee-holmes/) made the game symmetrical with the last try after scoring the first. [Australia](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/australia/) and [Wales](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/wales/) and made themselves the top-ranked team in the playoffs with Saturday’s win by nine tries to nil. [Rugby World Cup](https://www.rugbypass.com/rugby-world-cup/) quarter-finals with an emphatic bonus-point 57-0 win over [Scotland](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/scotland/) in Whangarei.