Woodman-wickliffe Sets Nz Try Record In Big Win

Women's Rugby World Cup - Pool C

New Zealand (38) 62

Tries: Woodman-Wickliffe, Miller 2, Vaha'akolo, Sorensen-McGee 3, Tukuafu, Pouri-Lane, Holmes Cons: Sorensen-McGee 4, Holmes 2

Japan (5) 19

Tries: Hatada, Moe, Penalty Try Cons: Otsuka

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe became New Zealand's outright grounds try-scorer arsenic nan legendary winger helped nan Black Ferns unafraid a World Cup quarter-final spot pinch a 10-try triumph complete Japan.

Woodman-Wickliffe, already her country's women's grounds try-scorer, needed conscionable 1 much to move past Doug Howlett's full of 49 tries and did truthful aft 12 minutes successful Exeter, beating 2 defenders to tally successful from 40 yards.

The people was besides nan 34-year-old's record-extending 22nd effort astatine World Cups, having travel retired of world status successful April successful a bid to triumph nan title for a 3rd successive time.

Japan had really taken a daze lead astatine Sandy Park done Sora Hatada's effort successful nan corner, but their lead was cancelled retired by Woodman-Wickliffe's people 8 minutes later.

The Black Ferns dominated overmuch of nan remainder of nan lucifer pinch 18-year-old Braxton Sorensen-McGee scoring an awesome hat-trick and Jorja Miller moving successful 2 solo tries.

Japan scored 2 further tries successful nan 2nd half, nan first done scrum-half Moe Tsukui and nan 2nd a precocious punishment effort erstwhile Laura Bayfield was adjudged to person pulled nan maul down.

It meant New Zealand vanished nan lucifer pinch 14 players aft Bayfield was shown a 20-minute reddish paper for preventing Japan's score.

The consequence extends New Zealand's World Cup winning tally to 14 matches, and sets up an intriguing last group-stage lucifer pinch Ireland adjacent Sunday (14:45 BST) to determine nan victor of Pool C, pinch some sides connected 10 points.

Japan and Spain were some eliminated by nan Black Ferns' win.

New Zealand: Sorensen-McGee; Woodman-Wickliffe, Fluhler, Brunt, Vaha'akolo; Demant, Pouri-Lane; Viliko, Ponsonby, Kalounivale, Roos, Bremner, Miller, Tukuafu, Sae

Replacements: Lolohea, Henwood, Mahutariki-Fakalelu, Bayfield, Mikaele-Tu'u, Joseph, Holmes, Setefano

Japan: Nishimura; Hatada, Furuta, Hirotsu, Imakugi; Otsuka, Moe; Kato, Kuge, Kitano, Sato, Yoshimura, Kawamura, Nagata, Saito

Replacements: Taniguchi, Mine, Nagata, Sakurai, Nduka, Abe, Yamamoto, Kobayashi

Referee: Aurelie Groizeleau (France)

Assistant referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa) and Jess Ling (Australia)

Television lucifer official: Leo Colgan (Ireland)