{"id":385245,"date":"2026-04-18T03:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385245\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:57:08","slug":"black-ferns-come-from-behind-to-beat-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385245\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Ferns come from behind to beat Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaipo<\/p>\n

\nKaipo Olsen-Baker of New Zealand scores a try, Canada v New Zealand Black Ferns, World Rugby Pacific Four Series women\u2019s rugby union match at CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, USA on Friday 17 April 2026.
\nPhoto: Jay Biggerstaff \/ Photosport\n<\/p>\n

The Black Ferns have avenged their World Cup semifinal loss to Canada last year with a stunning victory today in their Pacific Four Series clash in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

In a match which was delayed for three hours because of lightning, the New Zealanders beat the Canadians 36-14.<\/p>\n

In a remarkable turnaround, the Black Ferns overcame a 14-5 deficit at halftime, running in five tries in the second half with some scintillating running and handling.<\/p>\n

The Black Ferns took the lead for the first time in the 61st minute, when Kaipo Olsen-Baker got the ball down amid a crowd of bodies. The referee initially ruled ‘held up over the line’ but a TMO interjection saw the decision overturned.<\/p>\n

They scored again two minutes later with a brilliant try to Maama Mo’onia Vaipulu and the pressure from there on was too much for Canada.<\/p>\n

The United States play Australia in the later game today.<\/p>\n

The Black Ferns beat the US 48-15 last weekend, while Canada beat Australia 24-0.<\/p>\n

See how today’s game unfolded here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaipo Olsen-Baker of New Zealand scores a try, Canada v New Zealand Black Ferns, World Rugby Pacific Four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-385245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}