Live updates: Black Ferns vs USA Eagles

Stacey Waaka. Credits: Photo - Getty; Video - Black Ferns

BLACK FERNS 7-3 USA EAGLES

6mins - PENALTY GOAL USA - Kimber Rozier kicks the easy penalty goal and the Black Ferns lead has been cut to four. They lead 7-3.

5mins - The Eagles win a penalty and they will go for the easy three points.

4mins - Now the Americans are hot on the attack as Emily Henrich makes a break. They're inside the 22.

3mins - Kendra Cocksedge kicks the conversion and the Kiwis now lead 7-0.

2mins - TRY BLACK FERNS: Aldora Itunu is over. NZ win the line-out throw, drive over the line and they lead 5-0 early in the match.

1min - The Black Ferns go wide and Renee Wickliffe is tackled into touch short of the line.

KICK-OFF - Ruahei Demant gets the match underway in Chicago. A nice crowd here for the first of three matches today. The ball goes to Kate Zackary, and it doesn't take long for NZ to get the ball back.

5:57am - Now it is time for the Haka.

5:53am - Both teams are out on the field. National anthems to come before the match starts.

5:40am - The match is scheduled to start in roughly 20 minutes.

Kia ora and welcome to live updates of the Black Ferns against the USA Eagles from Soldier Field in Chicago.

The Black Ferns last faced the USA in a World Cup semi-final in 2017, a match New Zealand won 45-12.

The match is the first of three at the venue with Ireland vs Italy to follow and then the Māori All Blacks against the US men's side.

Lineups

Black Ferns

1-Phillipa Love, 2-Fiao'o Faamausili (c), 3-Aldora Itunu, 4-Eloise Blackwell, 5-Charmaine Smith, 6-Charmaine McMenamin, 7-Les Elder, 8-Aroha Savage, 9-Kendra Cocksedge, 10-Ruahei Demant, 11- Ayesha Leti-I'iga, 12-Chelsea Alley, 13-Stacey Waaka, 14-Renee Wickliffe, 15-Selica Winiata

Reserves: 16-Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate, 17-Leilani Perese, 18-Aleisha-Pearl Nelson, 19-Jackie Patea-Fereti, 20-Linda Itunu, 21-Kristina Sue, 22-Krysten Cottrell, 23-Monica Tagoai

USA Eagles

1-Catherine Benson, 2-Katy Augustyn), 3-Azniv Nalbandian, 4-Stacey Bridges, 5-Alycia Washington, 6-Rachel Johnson, 7-Kate Zackary, 8-Jordan Gray, 9-Carly Waters, 10-Gabriella Cantorna, 11-Kaitlyn Broughton, 12-Kimber Rozier, 13-Emily Henrich, 14-Kelsi Stockert, 15-Amelia Bizer

Reserves: 16-Joyce Taufa, 17-Nick James, 18-Megan Rom, 19-Finau Tamaivena, 20-McKenna Strong, 21-Nikki Kenyon, 22-McKenzie Hawkins, 23-Evan Hoese

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