That’ll be it from me.Here’s the report from Sandy Park from Rob Kitson.Lucky him, that was some game.Hope you enjoyed it!The next quarter-final gets underway shortly.Alex Reid will be your guide:Now some words from South Africa’s battering ram, Aseza Hele:It was very tough but we gave them a taste of South Africans.

They are champions,They had the pressure, we didn’t have the pressure,We made them know that we wanted to be there,We were very content at half-time,We had done what we wanted to do.

We know where are at the moment.I’m super proud of my girls.It’s a learning curve for us.I know the next World Cup we are going to bring specials.We belong here.

We told ourselves to leave everything and we did.We emptied our tank.I’d say to all girls in South Africa, never stop dreaming.Dreams can come true.I think since I have inspire more, not just girls but boys as well.

That is what we want to do.We’re building for the young ones to come through.I did the best I can.I’ve made my dream come true.How good.

A word for Nolusindiso Booi, the Springboks skipper.She’s 40-years-old, playing her fourth World Cup.She retires this afternoon a legend.So New Zealand will play the winner of Canada and Australia.The two teams are on the pitch, shoulder to shoulder, all mixed up.

Lovely scenes.Here’s the player of the match – an easy decision IMO – Kaipo Olsen-Baker:It’s definitely not the WC I was happing for [she picked up a niggle against Spain] so grateful to the medical team, the girls, my family back home.I couldn’t have scored those tries without the girls.We’re such a tightknit group and know how everyone plays.We just said AFD which means ‘All Effort Day”.

We knew South Africa are such a hard team and we just had to come out in the second half and just go hard!The result hardly comes as a surprise, and nor does the score, but that was some game of rugby.The Black Ferns march on but the Springboks will leave with their heads held high.They kept things level at 10-10 at half-time and added one more try in the second half.But New Zealand are champions for a reason.When they clicked they were devastating.

Cherry on the top! The first phase strike play off the scrum was a little scrappy, but Vaha’akolo’s line against the grain and her tenacity in contact saw her power over having caught the ball about 15 metres short of the line.That’s a monster finish!79 min: New Zealand burst down the right and look destined to score after a charge from Waaka.But they’re turned over and SA launch a counter in their own 22.Roos off-loads with her bum on the floor.Two more off-loads has Malings cantering down the tram.

New Zealand swarm in defence and force the knock-on,But that’s some pluck from the Saffas,beyond a 15 minute blitz from the Kiwis this has been a cracking game between two evenly matched outfits,Time for one more NZ scrum, between halfway and SA’s 22 on the right,This time they get there! Again and again they hammered the fringe.

Even when space became available down the line they kept it tight,New Zealand gave away three penalties as they repelled the women in white but there was no stopping Makua who powered over,Dolf lands the conversion,It won’t matter to the end result, but that is a victory for the Boks,75 min: Lolohea returns the favour and misses her line-out jumper on her own 22.

Roos gobbles up the loose ball and sets off.Now SA are back within five metres and are going for short carries around the fringe.Can they get one more? They spill it, but there’s a penalty advantage.They tap and go…73 min: Ngxingolo dots down after a strong close carry! But was there an obstruction just before? They’re looking again.YES! Oh how cruel! Jacobs was standing just in front of the potential tackler and Ngxingolo essentially used her teammate as a shield.

It’s harsh,I think the replacement prop would have still scored,But it’s the right decision,72 min: SA get a line-out inside NZ’s 22,Hannekom once again misses her jumper but strong work from Mpupha keeps the loose ball with the Springboks.

Now they’re tight around the fringe with short carries.Mdliki carries and brings it to within a metre..69 min: A rare spell on the ball for the Saffas has Malinga wriggling past three defenders as she snakes her way back infield from the left.Once they regroup they revert to their narrow approach before Janse van Rensburg floats one out to the right for Dolf.

The fullback kicks ahead but gets too much on it.It’s a simple touchdown for a 22 drop-out for the Kiwis.And another! SA lose their own line-out.It was so easy for NZ it was as if they were the ones calling the move.From there it went down the hands.

Every pass was accurate until Holmes had it, running on an angle to score down the right.Sorensen-McGee now has the kicking tee and she nails a tricky shot from close to the touchline.65 min: Sorensen-McGee’s hat-trick is denied with a desperate tackle in the left corner by Ubisi.That’s off the back of great interplay by women in black.They’ve looked a cut above this second half.

SA have the line-out five out from their own line.I’m not sure they’ve got out of their half for 25 minutes.62 min: Like a training session now.NZ on attack.SA on defence.

Demant jinks around a tackler.Then Holmes does the same.From right to left and then back to the right.Woodman does well to keep the ball alive under contact in the right tram.Through the hands, Bayfield makes ground over the gainline but she’s isolated and picked off on the ground! Great steal from Mpupha.

60 min: NZ’s line-out gives them great ball off the top.A burst through midfield is clean but Demant couldn’t hold on as she ran a great support line.SA get the scrum.Hard to feel, though, that all the jeopardy has left this contest.58 min: A South African scrum quickly becomes a New Zealand scrum in pretty much the same spot – inside SA territory towards their left tram – after the Boks failed to make any inroads with ball in hand.

It seems as if they’ve run out of puff.NZ with the chance to strike off this set piece.They win a penalty, tap and go and are back on the edge of SA’s 22.That is that, and fears of a cricket score are starting to materialise.It’s just so clinical from the world champions.

It started with Bremner winning the kick upfield after it took a lucky bounce back towards her,Then it was a question of whether or not Joseph could spark the backline,She could with a zipping pass,Down the line to Waaka who off-loaded basketball-style back infield for the supporting Olsen-Baker who ran it towards the poles and dotted down,Finally, after five misses, Holmes slots the extras.

53 min: SA win a scrum penalty close to their own line then get the chance to scrum again a little further upfield,Ngwevu carries off first phase,Gwala does well under pressure,SA keep the ball but they struggle to punch holes,Mpupha has it in the tram shortly before NZ rip the ball away.

A hack upfield takes a lucky bounce and Bremner gathers and in a flash NZ are back in SA’s 22.50 min: Four forwards come off the bench for South Africa.Charlie, Booi, Lochner and Hele make way.They were SA’s four best players in the first half.Their replacements need to scrum on halfway following a mistake at the restart.

I fear that might be that for the Saffas,Woodman gets the ball and explodes down the right after linking with Sorensen-McGee,The veteran winger looks destined to reach the line after a 30 metre break but spills in contact about five metres short of the left corner,New Zealand have put this game to bed in a flash! Their third try in just seven minutes,It started and ended with their no