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The teams are ready for 3rd and final round of the Women’s Rugby Super, with the tournament concluding at Ellerslie Park in Edmonton on Sunday, July 5. All games will be streamed live at the link below:
http://www.livestream.com/rugbycanadaofficial
NEW ZEALAND v USA
16:00 local, 22:00 UTC
The Black Ferns have all but wrapped up first place with two bonus point victories from two games. For the Eagles to win, they would need need to put up a massive score and deny New Zealand a bonus point.
Interim coach Glenn Moore has named the same match day roster for the third consecutive game. Renee Wickliffe’s inclusion is subject to a late fitness test, with Janna Vaughan bracketed in the event she drops out. Keri Hayden is on standby for the bench.
The Eagles have made three changes and one positional switch from the side that came from behind to beat Canada in Red Deer. Sarah Chobot returns to captain the side at loosehead prop, and beside her Sam Pankey is given a start at hooker.
Kimber Rozier moves back to her favoured no10 shirt, and University of Arizona graduate Amy Naber called up to make her debut in the midfield. Nicole Heavirland starts on the wing after impressing off the bench in the last two matches.
NEW ZEALAND
1 Toka Natua 2 Fiao’o Fa’amausili (capt.) 3 Aleisha Nelson 4 Eloise Blackwell 5 Charmaine Smith 6 Charlene Halapua 7 Justine Lavea 8 Linda Itunu 9 Kendra Cocksedge 10 Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali 11 Renee Wickliffe/Janna Vaughan 12 Chelsea Alley 13 Stacey Waaka 14 Honey Hireme 15 Selica Winiata
16 Teresa Te Tamaki 17 Aldora Itunu 18 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate 19 Angie Sisifa 20 Lesley Ketu 21 Emma Jensen 22 Kiritapu Demant 23 Janna Vaughan/Keri Hayden
USA
1 Sarah Chobot (capt.) 2 Sam Pankey 3 Hope Rogers 4 Stacey Bridges 5 Molly Kinsella 6 Joanna Kitlinski 7 Elizabeth Cairns 8 Jordan Gray 9 Deven Owsiany 10 Kimber Rozier 11 Nicole Heavirland 12 Amy Naber 13 Jane Paar 14 Kelsi Stockert 15 Jessica Wooden
16 Katy Augustyn 17 Catie Benson 18 Tiffany Faaee 19 Alycia Washington 20 Laura Miller 21 Jennifer Lui 22 Lauren Rhode 23 Bianca Dalal
CANADA v ENGLAND
18:30 local, 00:30 UTC
Canada and England meet for the first time since the World Cup final at Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. Both sides only vaguely resemble the ones that ran out on that day, with each fielding only four of the same starting lineup.
Francois Ratier has experimented with his lineup once again after falling to the Eagles in Red Deer. Carolyn McEwan and DaLeaka Menin are the new props, with captain Laura Russell moving to the second row alongside Cindy Nelles. Jacey Murphy returns at no8.
Chelsea Guthrie is recalled at scrumhalf, and Julianne Zussman starts where she finished against the Eagles in the no10 jersey. The midfield pairing are retained, but there are new wings in Natasha Smith and Brittany Waters, while Katie McNally slides to fullback.
England have made seven changes to the side that lost to New Zealand. Rowena Burnfield swaps jerseys with Abbie Scott, while Heather Fisher and Hannah Gallagher take over on the flanks. Sarah Hunter drops to the bench, with Emily Scarratt taking over the captaincy.
Emily Scott and Ceri Large are recalled to the midfield, and are joined by Claire Allan who takes the vacancy left by Scarratt’s move to fullback. Right wing Kay Wilson is the only player to start all three games of the Super Series for England.
CANADA
1 Carolyn McEwan 2 Mary-Jane Kirby 3 DaLeaka Menin 4 Cindy Nelles 5 Laura Russell (capt.) 6 Barbara Mervin 7 Latoya Blackwood 8 Jacey Murphy 9 Chelsea Guthrie 10 Julianne Zussman 11 Natasha Smith 12 Andrea Burk 13 Amanda Thornborough 14 Brittany Waters 15 Katie McNally
16 Olivia DeMerchant 17 Julia Folk 18 Camille Provençal-Aubé 19 Maria Samson 20 Tyson Beukeboom 21 Emma Taylor 22 Alex Tessier 23 Jess Neilson
ENGLAND
1 Rochelle Clark 2 Vicky Fleetwood 3 Justine Lucas 4 Tamara Taylor 5 Rowena Burnfield 6 Heather Fisher 7 Hannah Gallagher 8 Alex Matthews 9 Leanne Riley 10 Emily Scott 11 Lydia Thompson 12 Ceri Large 13 Claire Allan 14 Kay Wilson 15 Emily Scarratt (capt.)
16 Amy Cokayne 17 Vicky Cornborough 18 Laura Keates 19 Abbie Scott 20 Sarah Hunter 21 Bianca Blackburn 22 Amber Reed 23 Sarah McKenna
