Roger Tuivasa-Sheck<\/a> is at fullback and Jerome Luai at halfback.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Patricia Maliepo, Shakira Baker and Tysha Ikensio will all become the latest dual-code internationals after being named to make their debuts for the Kiwi Ferns.<\/p>\n
Five-eighths Maliepo and second rower Baker played 10 and 13 tests for the Black Ferns respectively, while Ikensio was a member of New Zealand\u2019s gold medal-winning Sevens team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n
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Patricia Maliepo will make her Kiwi Ferns debut against Fetu Samoa. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Ivana Lauitiiti, daughter of former Kiwis forward Ali Lauitiiti, has been named on the interchange for her debut, with halfback Raecene McGregor and lock Georgia Hale named as co-captains.<\/p>\n
The Kiwi Ferns kick off against Fetu Samoa at 3.35pm, followed by the Kiwis v Toa Samoa at 6.05pm.<\/p>\n
Kiwis: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Jamayne Isaako, 3. Matt Timoko, 4. Casey McLean, 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6. Dylan Brown, 7. Kieran Foran, 8. James Fisher-Harris (c), 9. Jeremy Marshall-King, 10. Moses Leota, 11. Briton Nikora, 12. Isaiah Papali\u2019i, 13. Joseph Tapine.<\/p>\n
Interchange (from): 14. Phoenix Crossland, 15. Naufahu Whyte, 16. Erin Clark, 17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 18. Xavier Willison.<\/p>\n
Kiwi Ferns: 1. Apii Nicholls, 2. Shanice Parker, 3. Abigail Roache, 4. Mele Hufuga, 5. Tysha Ikensio, 6. Patricia Maliepo, 7. Raecene McGregor (cc), 8. Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa, 9. Brooke Anderson, 10. Brianna Clarke, 11. Annessa Biddle, 12. Shakira Baker, 13. Georgia Hale (cc).<\/p>\n
Interchange (from): 14. Ashleigh Quinlan, 15. Otesa Pule, 16. Alexis Tauaneai, 17. Ivana Lauiti\u2019iti, 18. Tiana Davidson.<\/p>\n
Ben Francis<\/a> is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking sports news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s encounter will be the sixth between the two nations with the Kiwis winning all of them, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9092,51,6256,5759,60037,10541,2082,60799,60796,60800,60798,194,807,13617,111,139,69,20248,13572,5502,33320,8667,5902,213,60797,23371,1533],"class_list":["post-78378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-against","tag-auckland","tag-brown","tag-championships","tag-dylan","tag-ferns","tag-for","tag-foran","tag-formidable","tag-halves","tag-kieran","tag-kiwi","tag-kiwis","tag-name","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opener","tag-pacific","tag-partner","tag-playmaker","tag-retiring","tag-samoa","tag-sports","tag-squads","tag-sundays","tag-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78378","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=78378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}