IT’S ON: Black Ferns vs Spain 👊 World Cup Showdown | Behind The Fern

The Rugby World Cup begins. The Black Ferns land in the UK, jet-lagged but hungry. Spain awaits. With Brad, their S&C mastermind, pushing them back to peak, the team must turn travel fatigue into fuel for their first step.

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[Music] How do you know it intermediate? Make some noise for the black. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] All right. All right. How we feeling, Mike? Make some noise. [Applause] Daddy. [Applause] All right, let’s make this the loudest, happiest team. Give a big smile, big cheers. 3 2 1 [Applause] All the goodies. What was it like getting sent off by those kids? It was pretty cool. It was so special. I think because I think there was like probably like a time where I like realized that we are playing for like more than just us and I mean you could see that it meant a lot to them for us to just even be there. So um yeah it’s more than just us that [Music] We’re just about to take our heat shots for the World Cup. As fast as it seems, we’ve touched down in the UK. First things first, it’s com day. Three, two, one. Am I feeling? Yeah, I’m feeling excited. You look good. Do you like the rainbow stuff? Um, I never used to, but I don’t know. I like it now. You know, feel good, look good, you know. It looks so bad. Swing. Swing. What does your role entail? Do I work um to ensure that now athletes are are healthy and available is probably one of our big rocks. Um available for selection for our coaches cuz it’s you we have to we have to push them push our athletes to ensure that uh we’re stressing them from a physical standpoint. Can we get them slightly faster? Can we get them slightly further? Can we get them slightly leaner all whilst prioritizing their job which is which is rugby this first four days. So we’ve come over early and we’ve scheduled it accordingly. bit of a download week, travel week. Get them moving, get them healthy, get them out of the sun, have some fun, and then not having to to stress or chase anything over the next couple of days cuz it’s we’ve intentionally allowed time just to get here and we’re allowed before starting our test, get ready for our our first test match against uh Spain, which is coming up. Today’s just about getting out, getting the sun, having a bit of fun. Okay, that’s a that’s a whole outcome. So control yourselves today. There will be fun. There’ll be competition. Okay? I don’t need sprinting. I don’t need you chasing each other. Actually, the rules will be sprint walking only. Get us a call and we’re on black on three. 1 2 3. Awesome. Great. [Applause] [Music] under sixes passing races. What a way to kick off World Cup. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Thank you. Thank you. [Music] We are here at the opening ceremony of the women’s rugby world cup 2025 in York. We’re on our way and I know what like on the last time we were kind of in this environment, you know, we’re world champs. So, it’s pretty pretty big statement us walking in today. So, yeah, that feeling is pretty cool. [Applause] [Music] Now, the moment for rugby to take center stage and we really excited about that. We are delighted to have you all with us and to welcome you here on behalf of World Rugby and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. Welcome to England and to the beautiful city of York. Are you ready? [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] The welcoming ceremony is always um incredible and uh just marks the start of the campaign and just be ready to go. Yeah, it’s been really exciting and you know what’s probably more exciting is seeing the girls who are experiencing this for the first time and just watching their like real pure enjoyment and joy of experiencing every little thing. We’re having our first test match week training of the World Cup. We’re vising Spain this weekend and yeah, this is our clarity day. So, it’s not too much running, not too much contact, but we just go through all our plays and shape and yeah, 15 minutes 15. He’s a good cubid. Calm’s all good. There’s those days and he’ll just look at you and like you all right? and you’ll break down and cry. You’re like, “Well, I thought I was until you asked me.” Greg, you’re good. And he just has this natural way of connecting with people. Are you drinking? He’s like the manaki tongyaki tong, bro. He’s like the guardian of bread and his integrity, his mana, everything he’s got is pretty special, you know. So, we’re really lucky to have bread. Welcome to World Cup week one session one. Just on us, just a bit of an overview for the session. Obviously, it’s your install day, okay? Get what you need from that. We’re not chasing max speed. We’re not chasing fitness today. That will come. We’ll get that tomorrow. Okay. This week is building week on week. All right. What sport do you reckon Brad would suit other than rugby, bro? Gee, what armor, bro? Well, he loves armor. Speed speed skating, bro. Speed skating. Oh, is that what that was? I think I just popped my ankle again. Talk to them, Tons. Keep talking, Tons. Holy heck. Catch your breath. Heart rate down. Loosen up. We’re not tired. No, we’re not tired. Feels like we run for years. I know. Can you go? We’re trying to get clarity on on what the girls need to do. So then tomorrow we’re chasing we’re chasing speed, we’re chasing fitness, we’re chasing intensity of training. whereas today we’re not, you know, so we don’t need, you know, 2 hours, 3 hours on the pitch to to get that clarity. Um, you so just just ensuring that our low days are low and our high days are higher, which is which is, you know, something loses our our school scientist is is big on, you know, and so I’m aligned to that. So just working to ensure that you try and stay as close to that plan as possible. You ready for this one? Last point. [Applause] Ready? [Applause] [Music] [Music] I want to be really clear about the expectations of this Black Prince’s group. It doesn’t matter who puts the jersey on. You’ve all been selected here because we believe you can all be in a World Cup final. But when we get to this weekend, whoever takes that field, you go deliver Spain the respect they deserve. You know why they’re here. It means everything to them. Okay? And the best teams in the world know how to switch on when they need to switch on. And I’ve showed you what that looks like. Good. It isn’t. Hey Blackburns, on behalf of our All Blacks, want to wish you all the very best for the World Cup. Run it strong. Run it hard. Black fans on three. 1 2 3 Black to finally get here. It’s pretty relief, I suppose. You know, all the lot of work’s gone in from a lot of people to get to this point. They train so hard, put so much into it, and the best part of their week is the 80 minutes they get to play. If we want to win this competition, you know, we need all of our athletes training and available to play, you know. So, that’s a that’s a big mantra of our our method for us to get us to that point so our coaches can select the players that they want when it matters. [Applause] [Music] Georgia. Look at the feet from the challenge star Georgia Miller. Oh, there you go. That is Georgia Miller. Ball ends up, shows it, shows it, and then gives it to Porsche. Oh, another [Music] Holy moly, that was so much fun. Lungs definitely felt it though. But the crowd here electric experience World Cup game one. It’s pretty cool. Uh, I think just to be able to kick off the first World Cup game, it was pretty awesome. Um, the atmosphere was amazing. Spain really brought it to us and we could feel their passion and um, yeah. [Applause] How was it? No, it was good. First game under the belt, debugging cup and all the girls out there. The atmosphere was cool, the crowd was passionate, and yeah, it was really cool. We’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time. So, it was pretty special to be out there playing against Spain. Um, we knew they’re a team that would show a lot of heart. So, yeah, awesome way to kick off the campaign and yeah, bit to work on. I think there was a little bit of excitement out there. Some of those balls didn’t quite go a hand, but lots we can work on and awesome kicked off the campaign. Yahoo! Hey!