{"id":151161,"date":"2025-09-18T03:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151161\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T03:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:12:07","slug":"black-ferns-jorja-millers-mystery-injury-explained-ahead-of-rugby-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151161\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Ferns: Jorja Miller\u2019s mystery injury explained ahead of Rugby World Cup semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cQuestion answered; we\u2019ll move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

A journalist from Reuters later asked if Miller would be available for the final if the Black Ferns could get past Canada. <\/p>\n

\u201cDue to respecting the players,\u201d Tafau-Levy says. \u201cWe can\u2019t release any extra information on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, assistant coach Dan Cron was asked by Newstalk ZB if Miller was okay after exiting the match against South Africa in the 46th minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah \u2013 fingers crossed. We looked after a few of our girls in that game. Obviously, some players have had some big workloads \u2013 we\u2019re up to our fifth game in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we\u2019ve got our one and only training tomorrow, and every player at this stage is fit and ready to go. We\u2019ll train as hard as we always train, and then at the end of that we\u2019ll name the best 23 to go out to represent their country.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the South Africa match, Miller returned to the field after halftime with heavy strapping on her left knee, but didn\u2019t last long in the second half.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old back-row has been one of the outstanding players of the tournament, scoring four tries and impressing in defence.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s semifinal against Canada in Bristol will be followed by a third-place play-off and the final, both being played at Twickenham on September 27.<\/p>\n

Black Ferns co-captain Kennedy Tukuafu has taken Miller\u2019s place at openside flanker.<\/p>\n

Tukuafu\u2019s inclusion is one of four changes to the starting XV after New Zealand\u2019s 46-17 quarter-final win over South Africa<\/a>, with Sylvia Brunt back in midfield, Risaleaana Pouri-Lane starting at scrum-half and Tanya Kalounivale at tighthead prop.<\/p>\n

Co-captain Ruahei Demant retains her first five-eighths role and will win her 50th cap against Canada in Bristol.<\/p>\n

Canada, ranked one place above New Zealand at No 2 in the world, have beaten the Black Ferns in the past two matches between the sides.<\/p>\n

The other semifinal, on Saturday, pits tournament hosts and favourites England against France, in a match also being staged at Bristol\u2019s Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n

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

Bench: 16. Atlanta Lolohea, 17. Kate Henwood, 18. Amy Rule, 19. Chelsea Bremner, 20. Layla Sae, 21. Maia Joseph, 22. Theresa Setefano, 23. Ayesha Leti-I\u2019iga. <\/p>\n

Canada: 1. McKinley Hunt, 2. Emily Tuttosi, 3. DaLeaka Menin, 4. Sophie de Goede, 5. Courtney O\u2019Donnell, 6. Caroline Crossley, 7. Karen Paquin, 8. Fabiola Forteza, 9. Justine Pelletier, 10. Taylor Perry, 11. Asia Hogan-Rochester, 12. Alexandra Tessier (capt), 13. Florence Symonds, 14.Alysha Corrigan, 15. Julia Schell<\/p>\n

Bench: 16. Gillian Boag, 17. Brittany Kassil, 18. Olivia DeMerchant, 19. Tyson Beukeboom, 20. Laetitia Royer, 21. Gabrielle Senft, 22. Olivia Apps, 23. Shoshanah Seumanutafa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cQuestion answered; we\u2019ll move on.\u201d A journalist from Reuters later asked if Miller would be available for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[101439,1914,22666,101442,64,63,101443,303,2065,3933,87156,26046,72209,5587,101444,3899,25661,101440,101438,28028,1787,760,25906,85,36684,19004,101441,1720],"class_list":["post-151161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-absence","tag-against","tag-ahead","tag-appears","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-because","tag-black","tag-canada","tag-cup","tag-explained","tag-ferns","tag-flanker","tag-from","tag-hamstring","tag-injury","tag-jorja","tag-lineup","tag-millers","tag-mystery","tag-of","tag-rugby","tag-semifinal","tag-sports","tag-starting","tag-this","tag-weekends","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151161","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=151161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}