Kiwi Ferns in form for English test
A fourth Women’s Rugby League World Cup title beckons for the Kiwi Ferns and they look in the best form to do it.
The undefeated Kiwi Ferns will face England in tomorrow’s semifinal at Southern Cross Stadium in Sydney after they pummelled Papua New Guinea 38-0 on Wednesday night.
They have been convincing in their three pool matches, scoring nine tries in their 38-0 win over PNG, smashing the Cook Islands 76-0 and opening with a 50-4 win over Canada.
Kiwi Ferns 22-year-old vicecaptain Georgia Hale says her side is determined to improve each match as no side is perfect and is wary of a red-faced English side after they were upset 22-16 by the Cook Islands.
‘‘Yes it was a good win, but we are not happy to just win and we are always looking to do better.
‘‘We have our moments, but there are areas we are looking at to improve. We need to have patience with the ball, hold possession, our error rate is too high and we need a complete performance.
‘‘We are not going to focus on what others are doing, we will focus on our strengths and keep our feet on the ground.’’
Like the rest of the rugby league world, Hale was shocked to see the Kiwis booted out of the men’s World Cup by Fiji and said they had sent their best wishes.
‘‘All of us girls were backing them. We are running completely separate campaigns to them and regardless of their result we have
"We are not happy to just win and we are always looking to do better." Georgia Hale