{"id":149561,"date":"2025-09-17T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149561\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:51:11","slug":"black-ferns-v-canada-ruahei-demant-to-play-50th-test-in-rugby-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149561\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Ferns v Canada: Ruahei Demant to play 50th test in Rugby World Cup semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Bunting said it will be a special occasion for Demant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cRuahei embodies mana and everything that a Black Fern should be through her authenticity,\u201d Bunting said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe has a calm but strong presence on the field; when Ruahei speaks she has powerful influence, her words and conviction connects our circle in a special way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe leads by example and empowers others around her. She is the poutokomanawa, heart and soul of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">The Black Ferns and Canada met earlier this year, which ended in a 27-all draw in May in Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Black Ferns: 1. Chryss Viliko, 2. Georgia Ponsonby, 3. Tanya Kalounivale, 4. Maiakawanakaulani Roos, 5. Alana Bremner, 6. Liana Mikaele-Tu\u2019u, 7. Kennedy Tukuafu, 8. Kaipo Olsen-Baker, 9. Risaleaana Pouri-Lane, 10. Ruahei Demant (cc), 11. Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, 12. Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai\u2019i Sylvia Brun, 13. Stacey Waaka, 14. Braxton Sorensen-McGee, 15. Renee Holmes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Bench: 16. Atlanta Lolohea, 17. Awhina Tangen-Wainohu, 18. Kate Henwood, 19. Laura Bayfield, 20. Kennedy Tukuafu (cc), 21. Iritana Hohaia 22. Amy du Plessis, 23. Ayesha Leti-I\u2019iga. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bunting said it will be a special occasion for Demant. \u201cRuahei embodies mana and everything that a Black&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[60825,9490,1914,38771,64,63,21677,303,36467,2065,100616,3933,100615,26046,13057,100617,4717,10873,99938,38633,100614,760,100618,25906,85,231,319,1050,1720,3205],"class_list":["post-149561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-50th","tag-after","tag-against","tag-appearance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-being","tag-black","tag-bristol","tag-canada","tag-cocaptain","tag-cup","tag-demant","tag-ferns","tag-first","tag-fiveeighths","tag-in","tag-make","tag-named","tag-play","tag-ruahei","tag-rugby","tag-saturdays","tag-semifinal","tag-sports","tag-test","tag-to","tag-will","tag-world","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}