Aussie RWC hopes hang on five players

Five players could beryllium pivotal successful a must-win lucifer for the Wallaroos astatine the Rugby World Cup connected Saturday.

New Zealand delivered Australia a 41-17 thumping astatine Eden Park successful what was a high-scoring commencement to the tournament.

Australia volition look Scotland successful Whangarei this play wherever some sides volition beryllium searching for their archetypal triumph successful the competition.

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Australia and Scotland spell into their 2nd Rugby World Cup lucifer each without a triumph successful the tournament. (Hannah Peters via Getty Images)

For ex-Wallabies ace turned Stan Sport commentator Morgan Turinui, the choky 5 is wherever it volition beryllium won and lost.

Speaking connected Women's Rugby World Cup Weekly, Turinui identified Liz Patu, Adiana Talakai, Eva Karpani, Sera Naiqama and Atasi Lafai arsenic the driving force.

"What they'll deliberation now, immoderate of the rugby they've seen from immoderate of the different teams now, is they'll cognize they're successful the mix," explained Turinui.

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"[The] apical 2 per excavation spell through, positive a fewer 3rd spot if your results are bully enough. 

"The Wallaroos should beryllium eyeing disconnected that 2nd place, but they cognize they person to bushed Scotland this week and they cognize they person the rugby to bash it. 

"They tin play with beforehand ft ball, they tin get the width, they cognize they'll people tries. Scotland volition person issues astatine width against the Wallaroos.

The Wallaroos went down 17-41 to the Black Ferns astatine Eden Park. (Hannah Peters via Getty Images)

"The Wallaroos choky 5 request to marque definite that they're truly accurate, acceptable piece, truly carnal erstwhile they tin be, and enactment successful 80 minutes. 

"The choky five, if they tin acceptable it up, the Wallaroos tin bushed Scotland."

Scotland went down to Wales successful their archetypal excavation lucifer successful Whangarei.

The women successful bluish levelled the scores astatine 15 apiece successful the 79th infinitesimal but failed to person the try.

In the end, the lucifer would beryllium decided by a punishment footwear successful the 86th infinitesimal that went the mode of Wales.

"Scotland really started precise well," Turinui observed.

"Wales are really truly ill-disciplined and Scotland were capable to enactment immoderate unit on, particularly precise early. 

"Meg Gaffney was the item for the Scots, and erstwhile again the taxable of a bluish hemisphere squad punching it up the mediate for a agelong period, astir apt 60-odd minutes, but past uncovering abstraction retired wide against Wales. 

"Will they beryllium capable to bash that against the Wallaroos is the adjacent question."

Australia and Scotland volition spell head-to-head astatine 1pm (AEDT) connected Saturday with unrecorded sum ad-free and exclusively connected Stan Sport.

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