Black Ferns wallop Wales in RWC quarter-final

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The Black Ferns are 1 measurement person to the eventual reward aft booking themselves a spot successful the Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

The location broadside was ascendant astatine the Northland Events Centre, defeating Wales successful a high-scoring lucifer for the hosts who ended up 55-3 each told.

It was an astir identical scoreline to their excavation A lucifer a fortnight agone successful which New Zealand won 56-12.

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The 2nd relationship was a acold much one-sided affair.

Wales scored lone 1 punishment extremity successful the 15th infinitesimal successful a contention controlled by the women successful black.

Portia Woodman scored the archetypal of 9 tries successful the lucifer successful the 12th minute.

Woodman and Luka Connor each scored 2 tries apiece for the Black Ferns portion Ruby Tui, Sarah Hirini, Amy Rule, Alana Bremner and Ruahei Demant each bagged one.

Of the 9 tries, 5 were converted by Demant.

New Zealand volition look France connected November 5 aft they defeated Italy successful the day's different quarter-final fixture, 39-3.

Asked of the situation ahead, Black Ferns manager said the statement of a French broadside arsenic pugnacious was "an understatement".

"We'll bask this one," helium said.

"Have a bully time analysing it time and we'll commencement again adjacent week."

After Woodman's opening effort, the floodgates opened for the Black Ferns. A cross-field footwear that landed successful Woodman's arms was rapidly offloaded to Tui, who evaded the Wales antiaircraft enactment to people her sole try.

Deep wrong their ain half, Fitzpatrick recovered a spread and sprinted towards the different extremity of the field. That acceptable Hirini to instrumentality the defence connected caput archetypal earlier stretching implicit the chalk.

After Fitzpatrick's effort, Woodman went connected a tally of her ain to get wrong 5 metres of the effort line, allowing Rule to bust done and score.

Woodman scored her 20th effort successful Rugby World Cup contention conscionable shy of half-time aft a scintillating transition of play that saw the Black Ferns plaything the shot retired wide.

Off the backmost of a lineout, a driving maul brought the Black Ferns their archetypal effort of the 2nd half, which went the mode of Connor.

A small much than 10 minutes later, Wales were caught abbreviated retired wide and Bremner slid crossed the enactment for her sole try.

Connor's 2nd effort of the lucifer followed earlier the last effort of the lucifer by the skipper Demant to seal the 55-3 win.

New Zealand look France portion the different semi-final lucifer volition beryllium determined connected Sunday erstwhile Australia conscionable tourney favourites England, with the USA playing Canada.

The archetypal of those matches featuring the Wallaroos gets underway astatine 3:30pm AEDT earlier the USA versus Canada lucifer astatine 6:30pm.

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