Rugby World Cup: Wales make four changes for New Zealand quarter-final

Keira Bevan was a 2nd fractional replacement successful each 3 excavation games, dramatically landing the precocious winning footwear against Scotland

Wales person made 4 changes for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against defending champions New Zealand.

Prop Donna Rose returns from her one-week suspension, portion Carys Phillips is preferred astatine hooker.

New Zealand person named a beardown side, with Stacey Fluhler, Ruby Tui and Portia Woodman each returning to the XV.

The 2 sides met successful circular 2 of the excavation stage, erstwhile the Black Ferns ran successful 10 tries successful their 56-12 victory.

They are drawn unneurotic erstwhile much aft New Zealand finished arsenic apical seeds, with 3 bonus-point wins from three, portion Wales scraped done arsenic the eighth effect with conscionable 1 triumph implicit Scotland.

Bevan was Wales' leader successful that crippled aft kicking an 84th-minute penalty, and she earns the fig 9 jersey from Ffion Lewis.

Hannah Jones captains Wales for the 3rd clip successful the tournament, with squad skipper Siwan Lillicrap connected the seat alongside prop Gwenllian Pyrs and Lleucu George who are some successful enactment to marque their contention debuts.

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As good arsenic bringing successful their world-class backs, the Black Ferns besides revert to the half-back concern of Kendra Cocksedge and Ruahei Demant, with Chelsea Bremner returning to the backmost row.

Co-captain Kennedy Simon is backmost from wounded and volition marque her World Cup debut from the bench.

Wales caput manager Ioan Cunningham said: "We person a pugnacious task connected Saturday facing the Black Ferns connected their location patch. They are successful bully form, scoring a batch of points and playing well.

"However, we person thing to lose, we mean to spell retired and permission everything connected the field.

"We had immoderate set-piece dominance successful our Pool crippled against them but we besides created rather a fewer chances, galore of which we did not convert."

New Zealand adjunct manager Wesley Clarkesaid: "We are going to get immoderate mauls and immoderate bully scrums, wherever they truly challenged america past time, truthful that is simply a bully thing.

"There was a batch of worldly successful our past crippled that was not up to our standards truthful that is what we person been focusing connected this week."

New Zealand: Ruby Tui; Portia Woodman, Stacey Fluhler, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Ayesha Leti-I'Iga; Ruahei Demant (capt), Kendra Cocksedge; Phillipa Love, Georgia Ponsonby, Amy Rule, Maiakawanakaulani Roos, Chelsea Bremner, Alana Bremner, Sarah Hirini, Liana Mikaele-Tu'u

Replacements: Luka Connor, Krystal Murray, Santo Taumata, Joanah Ngan-Woo, Kennedy Simon, Ariana Bayler, Hazel Tubic, Renee Holmes

Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Lowri Norkett, Carys Williams-Morris, Hannah Jones (capt), Lisa Neumann; Elinor Snowsill, Keira Bevan; Cara Hope, Carys Phillips, Donna Rose, Natalia John, Gwen Crabb, Bethan Lewis, Alex Callender, Sioned Harries

Replacements: Kelsey Jones, Gwenllian Pyrs, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Georgia Evans, Siwan Lillicrap, Ffion Lewis, Lleucu George, Meg Webb.

Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU)

Assistant referees: Aurélie Groizeleau (FFR) & Julianne Zussman (RC)

TMO: Chris Assmus (RC)