Global Guide to the TV options<\/a> in your area.\u00a0<\/p>\nNew Zealand team:<\/p>\n
New Zealand’s key player: It may sound a little crazy to pick a player who only made her Black Ferns debut in May but Jorga Miller has made such an impact on this team and this RWC that no one will bat an eyelid. The 21-year-old former sevens specialist made three line breaks and broke 11 tackles inside the first 21 minutes v Spain. Not bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ireland team:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ireland’s key player: Grace Moore was outstanding against Spain, two tries just reward for her all-action performance. That was from number eight but now Moore gets the chance to impress as an open-side flanker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Recent head-to-heads:\u00a0<\/p>\n
WXV1 2024: IRE 29-27 NZL<\/p>\n
What New Zealand said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
New Zealand head coach Allan Bunting:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve had a few good weeks together now and all our ladies have had good game time and we put a strong team out there that we believe can do the job.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve got a pretty experienced group now. Most of these ladies have been at a World Cup and Olympics, so they enjoy their crowds and enjoy the attention. Quite a few families are going to be over this week too, so it\u2019s going to be a special moment.”<\/p>\n
New Zealand co-captain Kennedy Tukuafu:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The team\u2019s firing. We\u2019ve all come here understanding the purpose and all striving towards the same goal, so selection’s tough. We all rally around each other. We\u2019ve got the support we need in this environment and we\u2019ve also got our systems back home.<\/p>\n
“We like to rejuvenate a lot on this team, because our training’s really tough, so we make sure our bodies are prepared for the next training. We\u2019ve had lots of girls go to the beach, go to the pier. We have a few shoppers in the team, lots of foodies. Everyone goes out and finds nice spots and puts it in the chat, then we all go and have a look.”<\/p>\n
What Ireland said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ireland head coach Scott Bemand:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“From the very beginning there\u2019s been a plan in place around Aoife (Wafer) and her return. Everything is tracking well – she\u2019s back training well and going strong. She\u2019s desperate to be involved this weekend, and while we could have considered picking her, we decided her best opportunity is to go hard in training next week and see where that takes us.”<\/p>\n
Ireland full-back Stacey Flood:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“New Zealand are known for their running game – the girls are great at it, both in sevens and 15s. Its\u2019s about seeing what they’re good at and hoping we can counteract it, but for us the main thing is focusing on ourselves. We \u00a0want to implement our own style of play, just like we have in the last two games. We will stick to what we are good at and what we know. They are world-class contenders and we respect that, but at the end of the day it comes down to us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand head coach Allan Bunting has named a strong side as the Black Ferns look to sew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,3580],"class_list":["post-2998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}