# 2016 Laurie O'Reilly Cup

The 2016 Laurie O'Reilly Cup was the ninth edition of the competition.
Australia toured New Zealand to play the Black Ferns in a two test series on 22 and 26 October. The Wallaroos played the Auckland Storm in a warm-up match at Bell Park on 18 October in Pakuranga.
The Black Ferns thrashed Australia in the first test, which was a double header with the All Blacks and Wallabies, 67–3 at Eden Park. The Wallaroos improved in the second test on the North Shore, but it still wasn't enough, as the Black Ferns retained the Laurie O'Reilly trophy and won the series.

## Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 6 | +90 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 96 | −90 |

## Results
### Game 1

| FB | 15 | Selica Winiata |
| RW | 14 | Honey Hireme |
| OC | 13 | Portia Woodman |
| IC | 12 | Chelsea Alley |
| LW | 11 | Renee Wickliffe |
| FH | 10 | Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali |
| SH | 9 | Kendra Cocksedge |
| N8 | 8 | Aroha Savage |
| BF | 7 | Sarah Goss |
| OF | 6 | Rawinia Everitt |
| RL | 5 | Charmaine Smith |
| LL | 4 | Eloise Blackwell |
| TP | 3 | Aleisha Nelson |
| HK | 2 | Fiao’o Fa’amausili (c) |
| LP | 1 | Pip Love |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate |
| PR | 17 | Aldora Itunu |
| PR | 18 | Aotearoa Mata’u |
| FL | 19 | Charlene Gubb |
| FL | 20 | Charmaine McMenamin |
| SH | 21 | Kristina Sue |
| FH | 22 | Kelly Brazier |
| CE | 23 | Janna Vaughan |
| Coach: ||
| Glenn Moore ||
| FB | 15 | Sarah Riordan |
| RW | 14 | Cobie-Jane Morgan |
| OC | 13 | Nareta Marsters |
| IC | 12 | Hanna Sio |
| LW | 11 | Shontelle Stowers |
| FH | 10 | Ashleigh Hewson (c) |
| SH | 9 | Iliseva Batibasaga |
| N8 | 8 | Liz Patu |
| BF | 7 | Vesinia Schaaf-Tatufa |
| OF | 6 | Mollie Gray |
| RL | 5 | Chloe Butler |
| LL | 4 | Alisha Hewett |
| TP | 3 | Hana Ngaha |
| HK | 2 | Ivy Kaleta |
| LP | 1 | Louise Burrows |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Alanna Patison |
| PR | 17 | Emily Robinson |
| PR | 18 | Danielle Meskell |
| LK | 19 | Grace Hamilton |
| FL | 20 | Kirby Sefo |
| FL | 21 | Ariana Kaiwai |
| SH | 22 | Katrina Barker |
| FB | 23 | Cheyenne Campbell |
| Coach: ||
| Paul Verrell ||
Notes:
* Ivy Kaleta, Hana Ngaha, Vesinia Schaaf-Tatufa, Shontelle Stowers, Nareta Marsters, Sarah Riordan, Alanna Patison, Emily Robinson, Kirby Sefo, Ariana Kaiwai and Katrina Barker made their international debuts for Australia.
* Aotearoa Mata’u and Kristina Sue of New Zealand made their international debuts.
* Rebecca Clough was ruled out with a leg injury she sustained in the warm up match against Auckland Storm.

### Game 2

| FB | 15 | Selica Winiata |
| RW | 14 | Honey Hireme |
| OC | 13 | Portia Woodman |
| IC | 12 | Chelsea Alley |
| LW | 11 | Renee Wickliffe |
| FH | 10 | Kelly Brazier |
| SH | 9 | Kendra Cocksedge |
| N8 | 8 | Aroha Savage |
| BF | 7 | Sarah Goss |
| OF | 6 | Charmaine McMenamin |
| RL | 5 | Charmaine Smith |
| LL | 4 | Eloise Blackwell |
| TP | 3 | Aleisha Nelson |
| HK | 2 | Fiao’o Faamausili (c) |
| LP | 1 | Toka Natua |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate |
| PR | 17 | Aldora Itunu |
| PR | 18 | Aotearoa Mata’u |
| FL | 19 | Charlene Gubb |
| FL | 20 | Angie Sisifa |
| SH | 21 | Kristina Sue |
| FH | 22 | Carla Hohepa |
| CE | 23 | Hazel Tubic |
| Coach: ||
| Glenn Moore ||
| FB | 15 | Chloe Leaupepe |
| RW | 14 | Cobie-Jane Morgan |
| OC | 13 | Katrina Barker |
| IC | 12 | Sarah Riordan |
| LW | 11 | Madeline Putz |
| FH | 10 | Ashleigh Hewson |
| SH | 9 | Iliseva Batibasaga |
| N8 | 8 | Mollie Gray |
| BF | 7 | Ariana Kaiwai |
| OF | 6 | Grace Hamilton |
| RL | 5 | Chloe Butler |
| LL | 4 | Alisha Hewett |
| TP | 3 | Hana Ngaha |
| HK | 2 | Alisha Hewett |
| LP | 1 | Hana Ngaha |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Ivy Kaleta |
| PR | 17 | Emily Robinson |
| PR | 18 | Danielle Meskell |
| LK | 19 | Michelle Bailey |
| FL | 20 | Liz Patu |
| FL | 21 | Kirby Sefo |
| SH | 22 | Nareta Marsters |
| FB | 23 | Cheyenne Campbell |
| Coach: ||
| Paul Verrell ||
Notes:
* Pip Love suffered an ACL injuryin the first Test bringing her season to an end.
* Grace Hamilton made her run-on debut.

## Squads
### Australia

Head Coach Paul Verrell named a 26-player squad. Oneata Schwalger and Victoria Latu, were late withdrawals from the squad due to injury and were replaced by Danielle Meskell and Grace Hamilton. Michelle Bailey was called up into the squad.
*Uncapped Players
| Player | Position | Club |
| Katrina Barker* | Scrum-half/ centre | Warringah |
| Iliseva Batibasaga | Scrum-half | Sydney University |
| Louise Burrows | Front Row | Canberra Royals |
| Chloe Butler | Lock | Parramatta |
| Cheyenne Campbell | Centre | Redlands |
| Rebecca Clough | Lock | Cottesloe |
| Mollie Gray | Backrow | Sydney University |
| Alisha Hewett | Lock | GPS |
| Ashleigh Hewson | Fly-half / fullback | Sydney University |
| Ariana Kaiwai* | Flanker | Blacktown |
| Ivy Kaleta* | Hooker | Sunnybank |
| Victoria Latu | Backrow | Parramatta |
| Chloe Leaupepe* | Fly-half / fullback | Oatley |
| Nareta Marsters* | Centre / wing | Sunnybank |
| Cobie-Jane Morgan | Scrum-half/ centre / wing | Warringah |
| Hana Ngaha* | Prop | Sunnybank |
| Alanna Patison | Front Row | Newcastle University |
| Liz Patu | Prop / Backrow | Wests |
| Madeline Putz | Wing | Palmyra |
| Sarah Riordan* | Fullback / centre | Merewether Carlton |
| Emily Robinson* | Front Row | Warringah |
| Oneata Schwalger | Prop | Melbourne |
| Kirby Sefo* | Lock / Flanker | Sunnybank |
| Hanna Sio | Centre | Parramatta |
| Shontelle Stowers* | Utility Back | Warringah |
| Venisia Taufa* | Loose forward | Palmyra |

### New Zealand

Head Coach Glenn Moore named a 28-player squad.
*Uncapped Players
| Player | Position | Province |
| Chelsea Alley | Centre | North Harbour |
| Kelly Brazier | Utility Back | Otago |
| Kendra Cocksedge | Scrum-half | Canterbury |
| Honey Hireme | Utility Back | Waikato |
| Carla Hohepa | Wing / centre | Waikato |
| Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali | Fly-half | Counties Manukau |
| Kristina Sue* | Scrum-half | Manawatu |
| Hazel Tubic | Fullback | Counties Manukau |
| Janna Vaughan | Utility Back | Manawatu |
| Renee Wickliffe | Wing | Counties Manukau |
| Selica Winiata | Utility Back | Manawatu |
| Portia Woodman | Wing | Counties Manukau |
| Eloise Blackwell | Lock | Auckland |
| Rawinia Everitt | Loose forward | Counties Manukau |
| Fiao'o Fa'amausili | Hooker | Auckland |
| Sarah Goss | Loose forward | Manawatu |
| Charlene Gubb | Lock | Auckland |
| Aldora Itunu | Prop | Auckland |
| Pip Love | Prop | Canterbury |
| Aotearoa Mata’u* | Prop / Loose forward | |
| Charmaine McMenamin | Loose forward | Auckland |
| Toka Natua | Prop | Waikato |
| Aleisha Nelson | Prop | Auckland |
| Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate | Front Row | |
| Aroha Savage | Loose forward | Counties Manukau |
| Angie Sisifa | Loose forward | Otago |
| Charmaine Smith | Lock | North Harbour |
| Sharnita Woodman | Centre / Flanker | Counties Manukau |