WRWC2014: Green Machine mows Ferns!

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It’s taken me 24 hours to recover from this match. I certainly didn’t put in the physical shift the magnificent Green Machine did but the mental exhaustion after the game was immense, so entirely vested was I in their on field efforts.

I’d said in my preview a couple of days ago:[su_quote]

The team has the skill set, the technique and the ability to win this one but they will all count as nout if they don’t match the Black Ferns in the physical battle and what a battle it will be.

My reckoning is that this one will be won or lost in the first twenty minutes. If Ireland can contain the Black Ferns for the first quarter then I can see Ireland’s game management come out on top, However if New Zealand get a significant lead then it could become a bit of a rout.

Ireland are very much the underdogs in this one, any team would be playing . . .

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