Kiwi Ferns, Students & Armed Forces World Cup Update

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Kiwi Ferns, Students & Armed Forces World Cup Update

The Rugby League Festival of World Cups is in full-stride this week in the UK. Here’s a rundown on how the New Zealand teams are travelling.

Kiwi Ferns (NZ women)
The Kiwi Ferns take on England tomorrow morning. That match in Featherstone, UK, kicks off at 7am NZ-time (8pm July 8, UK-time).

The Ferns are fresh from an 88-0 win over France in their first match, while the England girls went down 6-14 to Australia.

The Kiwi Ferns team to play England is: 1. Sarina Fiso, 2. Aimee Gilbert, 3. Honey Hireme (captain), 4. Lisa Campbell, 5. Karley Te Kawa, 6. Rona Peters, 7. Laura Mariu, 8. Charlotte Scanlon, 9. Sharnita Woodman, 10. Ana Pereira, 11. Kathy Keremete, 12. Ake Pereira, 13. Kahurangi Peters, 14. Geneva Webber, 15. Maryanne Hemara, 16. Kelly Maipi, 17. Amber Hall, 18. Chanelle wright

The Kiwi Ferns meet the Australian Jillaroo team at 5am Friday (NZ-time).

You can see video highlights of the Kiwi Ferns beating France at https://www.facebook.com/NZLeague and you can see professional photos from that match at www.photosport.co.nz.

You can follow the Kiwi Ferns on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiwi-Ferns/249750751704857

NZ Students
The NZ Students met their Australian counterparts overnight and were beaten 16-34. Here’s a report which the NZ team has sent though: New Zealand remains upbeat despite loss to Australia

The Students play Scotland next, starting at 5am Thursday (NZ-time).

In their first game the Kiwis beat Russia 124-0. You can see video highlights of that here: https://www.facebook.com/NZLeague

And you can follow the NZ Students on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/21391967981/?fref=ts

NZ Armed Forces
Our Armed Forces team beat Serbia 62-6 over the weekend. Our team will now meet Great Britain in the semi-finals (6am Thursday, NZ-time). When those two teams met in pool play, the Kiwis went down 8-32.

The finals in all of the Festival of World Cups divisions are this weekend in the UK. Further details are at: www.rlfowc2013.com
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