Ruahei Demant has been named at 10 in the Black Ferns side for their opening match of the Pac4 against the Wallaroos in Newcastle on Saturday.
Coach Allan Bunting has opted to give his co-captain first crack at first-five in 2025 leaving Hannah King on the bench.
Teenage fullback Braxton Sorensen-Magee will debut.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave unpacks the selections further.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy water Grape Sports talk hoasters with me. Hey, Darce,
is that.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Like the Princess and the Pea? Can you feel that
twenty thousand mattress? No?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
I think you lay it out in blocks, so it's flash.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Well maybe he bought several mattresses like.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
The Princess and the p Do you keep any cash
in your house?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
No?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I haven't got any.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Oh okay, well you spent it all on your sneakers.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
No, my daughter and your daughter.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hey, tell me about the Black Food Squad. So that
they've announced the squad they're going to take on Australia.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yes, Laura Railey Trophy number one. It's part of the
Pack four, which is the tour between them and the
other nations on the Pacific, not Japan, Canada and the USA.
That's part of their leader. Then they are playing the
second game for trophy against Australia later on the piece.
They've also got a possible's probables match I suppose you'd
(00:49):
say against the Black Friends fifteen, which may be one
of the matches before they go. Now, there's not a
lot of time between now and the World Cup, but
there's enough for lots of tests. But they're not having
lots of tests. They're only a Cupley, which is not
unlike the All Blacks in a World Cup year, so
you get that. But it's been named today the new
girl no surprise here is Braxton Sorenson McGee, the ghost Runner.
(01:12):
And I'll carry on banging that nickname in until it
stacks sticks, which it won't. Phenomenal player, wonderful to watch,
just through gaps like I love that. It's amazing. So
she's in the side, so this is great, but it
all starts in earnest. The either depends on how you
look at the defense of the Rugby World Cup or
(01:32):
the chance to win it all over again.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Darcy. Yes, Perth's getting an NROL.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Team and it's ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Why is it ridiculous?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
What are they calling it?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What are they calling it?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
The Bears after who? The North Sydney Bears, the famous
North Sydney Bears who actually comboed up with Manly and
it failed. This is back in two thousand. They wanted
to keep them going because North Sydney Bears, with their
red and black white a famous club throughout the NRL
for years and years. So finally twenty twenty seven Perth
(02:04):
going to get a club. They've been negotiating this for
I don't know how long. So long they had the
Western Reads but that was that was a fair only
lasted a couple of years before. I think the NRL
changed its route and combo together. So the readmittance after
the Super League problem. So they're back and Western Australia
is very significant because it's a big part of Australia.
(02:25):
They're actually going to be playing before the Papa and
Neu Guineese plays, so there will be team number seventeen.
Why call it the Bears? Why call it that's.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Your big hay up? I want to know why they
got one before the South Island.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well it took them at eighteen seventeen years of negotiations.
I think we just have to be patiently. We're not Australia.
It's the National Rugby League, International rug Why would you
call it the Bears? Give it another name.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I don't even know why you were give it.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
The Bear, but the Bears is a North Sydney icon.
It's got nothing to do with the Western Australia Old Perth.
It's a slap all over in Western Australia.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And got a lot of energy to this.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Don't want some second hand name from the past.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, sorry, I just you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Know they should call it the Quaggers.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It's always weird when people get upset about something you
actually don't care about at all.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
It should be the Quakers.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Here it is, don't you reckon? Darcy? Thank you, Darcy Watergrave,
sports talk host. You'll be back at seven this evening
for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drave.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Listen live to News Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Darcy water Grape Sports talk hoasters with me. Hey, Darce,
is that.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Like the Princess and the Pea? Can you feel that
twenty thousand mattress? No?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
I think you lay it out in blocks, so it's flash.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Well maybe he bought several mattresses like.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
The Princess and the p Do you keep any cash
in your house?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
No?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I haven't got any.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Oh okay, well you spent it all on your sneakers.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
No, my daughter and your daughter.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hey, tell me about the Black Food Squad. So that
they've announced the squad they're going to take on Australia.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yes, Laura Railey Trophy number one. It's part of the
Pack four, which is the tour between them and the
other nations on the Pacific, not Japan, Canada and the USA.
That's part of their leader. Then they are playing the
second game for trophy against Australia later on the piece.
They've also got a possible's probables match I suppose you'd
(00:49):
say against the Black Friends fifteen, which may be one
of the matches before they go. Now, there's not a
lot of time between now and the World Cup, but
there's enough for lots of tests. But they're not having
lots of tests. They're only a Cupley, which is not
unlike the All Blacks in a World Cup year, so
you get that. But it's been named today the new
girl no surprise here is Braxton Sorenson McGee, the ghost Runner.
(01:12):
And I'll carry on banging that nickname in until it
stacks sticks, which it won't. Phenomenal player, wonderful to watch,
just through gaps like I love that. It's amazing. So
she's in the side, so this is great, but it
all starts in earnest. The either depends on how you
look at the defense of the Rugby World Cup or
(01:32):
the chance to win it all over again.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Darcy. Yes, Perth's getting an NROL.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Team and it's ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Why is it ridiculous?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
What are they calling it?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What are they calling it?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
The Bears after who? The North Sydney Bears, the famous
North Sydney Bears who actually comboed up with Manly and
it failed. This is back in two thousand. They wanted
to keep them going because North Sydney Bears, with their
red and black white a famous club throughout the NRL
for years and years. So finally twenty twenty seven Perth
(02:04):
going to get a club. They've been negotiating this for
I don't know how long. So long they had the
Western Reads but that was that was a fair only
lasted a couple of years before. I think the NRL
changed its route and combo together. So the readmittance after
the Super League problem. So they're back and Western Australia
is very significant because it's a big part of Australia.
(02:25):
They're actually going to be playing before the Papa and
Neu Guineese plays, so there will be team number seventeen.
Why call it the Bears? Why call it that's.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Your big hay up? I want to know why they
got one before the South Island.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well it took them at eighteen seventeen years of negotiations.
I think we just have to be patiently. We're not Australia.
It's the National Rugby League, International rug Why would you
call it the Bears? Give it another name.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I don't even know why you were give it.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
The Bear, but the Bears is a North Sydney icon.
It's got nothing to do with the Western Australia Old Perth.
It's a slap all over in Western Australia.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And got a lot of energy to this.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Don't want some second hand name from the past.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, sorry, I just you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Know they should call it the Quaggers.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It's always weird when people get upset about something you
actually don't care about at all.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
It should be the Quakers.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Here it is, don't you reckon? Darcy? Thank you, Darcy Watergrave,
sports talk host. You'll be back at seven this evening
for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drave.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Listen live to News Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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