{"id":624752,"date":"2026-04-23T01:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624752\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:51:10","slug":"nine-nib-blues-line-up-for-black-ferns-blues-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624752\/","title":{"rendered":"NINE nib BLUES LINE UP FOR BLACK FERNS \u2014 Blues Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Nine nib Blues are set to line up when the Black Ferns take the field against the Wallaroos on the Sunshine Coast this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark trans-Tasman fixture, Blues forwards Chryss Viliko, Maia Roos and Liana Mikaele-Tu\u2019u have all been named in the starting pack, while co-captain Ruahei Demant will steer the side from first five alongside Sylvia Brunt at second five.<\/p>\n<p>There is further Blues impact off the bench, with Atlanta Lolohea, Mererangi Paul, Maama Vaipulu and Tara Turner all selected to provide energy and experience.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture marks the first time the Black Ferns and Wallaroos have met on Anzac Day, adding extra significance to an already fierce rivalry. <\/p>\n<p>Black Ferns v Australia<br \/>(Test caps bracketed, denotes debut)<\/p>\n<p>1. Chryss Viliko (20) <br \/>2. Georgia Ponsonby (39)<br \/>3. Mo\u2019omo\u2019oga Palu <br \/>4. Maiakawanakaulani Roos (40)<br \/>5. Laura Bayfield (8) <br \/>6. Liana Mikaele-Tu\u2019u (37) <br \/>7. Kennedy Tukuafu (36) &#8211; co-captain <br \/>8. Kaipo Olsen-Baker (18) <br \/>9. Maia Joseph (18)<br \/>10. Ruahei Demant (53) &#8211; co-captain\u00a0 <br \/>11. Ayesha Leti-I\u2019iga (32) <br \/>12. Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu-Atai\u2019i Sylvia Brunt (31) <br \/>13. Amy Du\u2019Plessis (24) <br \/>14. Justine McGregor (2) <br \/>15. Renee Holmes (31)<\/p>\n<p>16. Atlanta Lolohea (10) <br \/>17. Maddison Robinson (2) <br \/>18. Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu (5)\u00a0 <br \/>19. Maama Mo\u2019onia Vaipulu (9) <br \/>20. Mia Anderson (2) <br \/>21. Tara Turner (2) <br \/>22. Hannah King (12) <br \/>23. Mererangi Paul (16)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nine nib Blues are set to line up when the Black Ferns take the field against the Wallaroos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-624752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624752","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=624752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}