Women's RLWC 2021 Semi Finals Discussion

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Australia vs Papua New Guinea
LNER Community Stadium, Tuesday 15th November
Kick Off: 3:00AM (AEST)

6. Emma Tonegato, 24. Evania Pelite, 5. Isabelle Kelly, 15. Jaime Chapman, 17. Shenae Ciesiolka, 19. Taliah Fuimaono, 14. Lauren Brown, 7. Tallisha Harden, 8. Keeley Davis, 9. Holli Wheeler, 22. Olivia Kernick, 13. Shaylee Bent, 21. Keilee Joseph

2. Samantha Bremner, 18. Yasmin Clydesdale, 11. Jessica Sergis, 3. Ali Brigginshaw

16. Kennedy Cherrington, 1. Kezie Apps

5. Shae-Yvonne de la Cruz, 17. Martha Molowia, 3. Belinda Gwasamun, 4. Shellie Long, 2. Anika Butler, 6. Sera Koroi, 7. Lilah Malabag, 8. Elsie Albert (c), 9. Therese Aiton, 10. Gloria Kaupa, 15. Bertshiba Awoi, 12. Essay Banu, 13. Jessikah Reeves

19. Talitha Kunjil, 11. Emily Veivers, 1. Tara Moxon, 21. Carol Humeu,

22. Shirley Joe Windanga, 16. Michelle John-Ikupu

England vs New Zealand
LNER Community Stadium, Tuesday 15th November
Kick Off: 5:30AM (AEST)

3. Francesca Goldthorp, 2. Caitlyn Beevers, 1. Tara-Jane Stanley, 4. Amy Hardcastle, 5. Leah Burke, 6. Georgia Roche, 7. Courtney Winfield-Hall, 17. Shona Hoyle, 9. Tara Jones, 18. Olivia Wood, 11. Hollie Dodd, 12. Emily Rudge (c), 13. Jodie Cunningham

15. Vicky Whitfield, 21. Keara Bennett, 19. Paige Travis, 8. Grace Field

22. Zoe Harris, 14. Vicky Molyneux

1. Apii Nicholls, 3. Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly, 24. Mele Hufanga, 4. Page McGregor, 2. Katelyn Vaha'akolo, 15. Abigail Roache, 7. Raecene McGregor, 23. Brianna Clark, 9. Krystal Rota (c), 10. Annetta Nu'uausala, 11. Roxy Murdoch-Masila, 12. Amber Hall, 13. Georgia Hale

14. Nita Maynard, 8. Mya Hill-Moana, 18. Otesa Pule, 17. Christyl Stowers

16. Charlotte Scanlan, 5. Madison Bartlett

 

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The passes just aren't sticking for Australia.

 

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If the passes aren't sticking, just barge over from dummy half.

Keeley in for the first try.

 

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Nice try for Australia.

Brown with the double pump and run creating the space on the edge and Kelly was too strong for the PNG defender and scores.

 

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Australia go back-to-back.

A Brigginshaw pass hits the ground and it ends up creating an overlap on the edge for Australia. Tonegato picks it up and puts Kelly over for her second.

 

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Australia in again.

The PNG defense rushed up which creates a gap for Brown and she gives it off to Bent who scores next to the posts.

Brown is carving up this PNG side.

 

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This is a carve up.

Tonegato slices through and gives it off to Pelite who scores.

 

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SHENAE!

Tonegato finds some space on the edge and just runs around the PNG defence and gives it off to Shenae who scores.

 

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I didn't know Meg Ward was on the PNG staff.

 

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It was a shaky start for Australia in the first 10 minutes, but since then they have gone up a couple of gears and are blowing PNG off the park.

 

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Australia in again.

Australia find some space on the right and Bremner takes on the line and passes it off to Kernick who crashes over.

 

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Australia go back-to-back.

Running it on the last, Pelite throws an over-the-top pass for Sergis who passes it back inside for Kelly and she gets her hat-trick.

 

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Good start to the second half for Australia.

Brown creates the numbers on the left edge and Kelly beats a defender and passes it off to Sergis who scores her first.

 

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Shenae in for her second!

Australia spread it right and Kernick finds Shenae unmarked on the edge and throws the pass for her to score in the corner.

 

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Australia are in.

Harden just powers her way over next to the posts.

 

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Australia are in.

Pelite slices through a gap and passes it back inside to Tonegato who scores.

 

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Tonegato gets her second.

She finds some space on the right and slices through to score.

 

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Brigginshaw has been playing that ball-playing lock forward role for Australia tonight and she's been pretty good.

Could be something Broncos could think about. I don't think she has the pace to keep up in the halfback role in the NRLW but she still has the smarts to be a threat out there, so I think Broncos should move her to that lock role and bring in our young half.