Australia pummel Papua New Guinea with 15 tries in Women’s World Cup semi
Isabelle Kelly and Emma Tonegato both grabbed hat-tricks, and Shenae Ciesiolka a brace, as halves Lauren Brown and Taliah Fuimaono tore the Orchids to shreds with their combination of dynamic running and slick passing.
The Jillaroos made two key changes from their tight Group B win over New Zealand, with Sammy Bremner on the bench and Tonegato taking her place at full-back, and Brown and Fuimaono pairing up in the halves. The Orchids made a promising start to the match, exploiting a short kick-off and winning the ball back, but an error stopped their first attack and that was as good as it got for them.
Five minutes later the Australians were in again, a double pump from Brown opening space for Kelly to crash over. This time Brown was unable to convert the try from out wide.
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