{"id":629674,"date":"2026-04-25T09:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629674\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:10:10","slug":"wallaroos-face-black-ferns-in-anzac-day-oreilly-cup-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629674\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallaroos face Black Ferns in ANZAC Day O&#8217;Reilly Cup Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Wallaroos will take on the Black Ferns in the first O&#8217;Reilly Cup match on ANZAC Day in the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Aussies are hungry for their maiden win over the Kiwis after defeats to Canada and the USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the 2026 Wallaroos season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Michaela Leonard breaks the all-time cap record for the Wallaroos, with Lily Bone making her starting debut in the back-row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">For the Kiwis, they can wrap up the O&#8217;Reilly Cup trophy for another year with victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">They also just need a bonus point to secure the Pacific Four series title after they went unbeaten in the USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/120\/2026\/950389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALLAROOS v BLACK FERNS TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Australia (1-15):\u00a0Brianna Hoy, Tania Naden, Eva Karpani, Michaela Leonard, Tiarah Minns, Kaitlan Leaney, Lily Bone, Siokapesi Palu Sekona (cap), Faitala Moleka, Desiree Miller, Sidney Taylor, Georgina Friedrichs, Maya Stewart, Waiaria Ellis<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Brittany Merlo, Martha Fua, Bridie O\u2019Gorman, Ashley Fernandez, Piper Duck, Piper Simons, Ava Wereta, Nicole Ledington<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">New Zealand (1-15):\u00a0Chryss Viliko, Georgia Ponsonby, Mo\u2019omo\u2019oga Palu, Maiakawanakaulani Roos, Laura Bayfield, Liana Mikaele-Tu\u2019u, Kennedy Tukuafu (cap), Kaipo Olsen-Baker, Maia Joseph, Ruahei Demant, Ayesha Leti-l\u2019iga, Sylvia Brunt, Amy du Plessis, Justine McGregor, Renee Holmes<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacement:\u00a0Atlanta Lolohea, Maddi Robinson, Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu, Maama Mo\u2019onia Vaipulu, Mia Anderson, Tara Turner, Hannah King, Mererangi Paul<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Referee: Aur\u00e9lie Groizeleau (FFR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Assistant Referees: Chloe Sampson (NZR) &amp; Hibiki Ikeda (JRFU)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">TMO: Rachel Horton (RA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FPRO: Graham Cooper (RA)<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH WALLAROOS v BLACK FERNS <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies&#8217; clash with the Reds will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport and the Nine Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 7:30 pm with kickoff expected at 7:55 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The game will also be shown on free-to-air television on Nine, with coverage beginning at 7:30 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wallaroos will take on the Black Ferns in the first O&#8217;Reilly Cup match on ANZAC Day in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,49604,305067,760,85,19259],"class_list":["post-629674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-black-ferns","tag-oreilly-cup","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-wallaroos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629674","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=629674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}