The Black Ferns and NZ Barbarians will square off for the second time on Saturday afternoon at Trafalgar Park in Nelson.
Eloise Blackwell, Charmaine McMenamin, Ruahei Demant, Aldora Itunu and Natahlia Moors have all been named in the Blacks Ferns 23 for the game. Eloise Blackwell will captain the Black Ferns.
Maia Roos, Patricia Maliepo and Saphire Abraham have been included in the NZ Barbarians squad for the Saturday Afternoon fixture.
Kick-off is at 4:35pm.
The Black Ferns squad is:
1. Phillipa Love (11)
2. Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate (31)
3. Aleisha-Pearl Nelson (35)
4. Eloise Blackwell (Captain, 43)
5. Chelsea Bremner
6. Pia Tapsell (6)
7. Kennedy Simon (4)
8. Charmaine McMenamin (25)
9. Kendra Cocksedge (Vice Captain, 53)
10. Ruahei Demant (11)
11. Langi Veainu
12. Chelsea Alley (24)
13. Amy du Plessis
14. Grace Steinmetz
15. Renee Holmes
16. Luka Connor (4)
17. Toka Natua (22)
18. Aldora Itunu (20)/Tanya Kalounivale
19. Kelsie Wills
20. Aroha Savage (33)
21. Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu (6)
22. Hazel Tubic (11)
23. Natahlia Moors (2)/Selica Winiata (40)
The NZ Barbarian team is:
1. Krystal Murray (Northland)
2. Rebecca Todd (Canterbury)
3. Amy Rule (Canterbury)
4. Joanah Ngan-Woo (Wellington)
5. Maiakawanakaulani (Maia) Roos (Auckland)
6. Alana Bremner (Captain, Canterbury)
7. Marcelle Parkes (Wellington)
8. Cindy Nelles (Canterbury)
9. Ariana Bayler (Waikato)
10. Patricia Maliepo (Auckland)
11. Crystal Mayes (Manawatu)
12. Kilisitina Moata’ane (Otago)
13. Janna Vaughan (Manawatu)
14. Lyric Faleafaga (Wellington)
15. Carys Dallinger (Manawatu)
16. Saphire Abraham (Auckland)
17. Jay Jay Taylor (North Harbour)/Grace Houpapa-Barrett (Waikato)
18. Olivia Ward-Duin (North Harbour)
19. Kaipo Olsen-Baker (Manawatu)
20. Morgan Henderson (Otago)
21. Iritana Hohaia (Taranaki)
22. Shyanne Thompson (Counties Manukau)
23. Rosie Kelly (Otago)
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