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Black Ferns selectors have named their match-day 23 for the Women’s Rugby World Cup Bronze final at a soldout Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, September 27 at 12.30pm BST (11.30pm NZT).

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced the 34 players contracted players locked in for the Black Ferns as they set their sights on building toward the 2025 Rugby World Cup.

Black Ferns coaches have made a raft of changes ahead of their second Rugby World Cup fixture against Wales at Waitakere Stadium this Sunday (kick off 3.15pm).

The Black Ferns withstood an Australian avalanche to open the World Cup with a pulsating 41-17 win at Eden Park in front of a world record crowd for a women’s rugby international of over 34,000.

Black Ferns coaches Wayne Smith, Wes Clarke and Whitney Hansen have named their side for the first of two O’Reilly Cup Tests, to be played in Christchurch, this Saturday (kick off 7.05pm).

An imperious set-piece and sparkling first half display from first five-eighth Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali paved the way for a resounding 59-5 Rawata victory in Pukekohe.