New Zealand reach Women’s Rugby League World Cup final as Waaka hat-trick sinks Samoa

The Guardian

Kiwi Ferns defeat Fetu Samoa 32-0 in semi-final in Newcastle Centre Stacey Waaka scores three of Kiwi Ferns’ seven tries Star centre Stacey Waaka scored a hat-trick as New Zealand surged past Samoa 32-0 and into their seventh successive Women’s Rugby League World Cup final on Saturday. The Silver Ferns went to the break with a narrow 8-0 advantage then ran rampant in the second half at stormy Newcastle, north of Sydney.