<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>17:15 well thank you greg we're watching the new zealand women who are on attack at the moment they're only a matter of fifteen metres from the australian line but it's been a tough afternoon for the new zealand women they're down by five to nil the <.>au stralian women in other words have scored five tries they led five nil at the break we've had about four minutes of play in the SECOND half here at avondale in this women's final there's been no change to the half time score new zealand into what is known as the five metre zone that's the score line that you can see there which they must cross as we see the new zealander renee motu going across the line but she was touched by this very good and very effective australian defensive screen at this point in time brendan with the new zealand team down by five points to nil they can't afford to have the luxury of <.>sp of spending too much time with the ball in the air <&>18:00 or the ball on the ground they must force the play on the australians angela tole with the ball as she slips it to jodie warbrick but often as we've seen with the new zealand teams this week they don't seem to have a lot of purpose when they get to within four or five metres of their opponents' line unlike the australians who seem to have a strategy which carries them right up to and across their opponents' score line as the australian team which is a formidable side unbeaten in eleven matches this week here at avondale yes <.>they the er new zealand side in particular MUST force the pace of the game regardless of where they are on the field even though they may only be five metres out they must still take the ball on the advantage line and go for those good hard yards and a quick play the ball there was joanne wong number fourteen who sold the little dummy she went on her own but a new zealand hand a desperate new zealand hand made the touch but australia again on attack very quick <,> with the ball as they move it and also with tremendous pace and there you see just how effective the australians are at finishing off their set moves this time it was number twelve paulette olden the queenslander who scores <&>19:00 australia's sixth try they lead by six to nil yes and you can see that the australians operating off quick dumps quick plants dummy half scooping the ball quickly and we saw there paulette olden running at the new zealand side holding the ball in both hands trying to turn the defence and eventually the gap opened up for herself and she cruised in for a great try so from the re start on half way this is er marie savage for new zealand that's a bad mistake from new zealand again they're starting to feel the pressure of fatigue and tiredness they're being tagged from dummy half and turning the ball over to the australian side this australian team as you can see very aggressive with their running and you have to say that they certainly look not only faster but also a lot fitter than the new zealand team and tremendous ball skills and that's not really part of <,> the sport of touch yeah i <{><[>don't think <[>but we'll say it was accidental yeah i don't think there was any malice in that though brendan i'll just think with the speed of the australian player going for the short gap the new zealand girl came in off the wing to make the touch but unfortunately there was a little bit of extra body contact and the australian unfortunately <&>20:00 looks er worse for wear but i i'm sure she'll recover it's er jodie collins er number seven who was running at full speed when she ran into the new zealand defender of course one of the great attractions of this sport is in fact that it is a nonphysical sport the only contact that you can have with your opponent is with your hand and it's why the game is so popular and why it attracts such a wide range of people to it mum dad and the kids they can all in theory and practice play in the same team <,> yes and in fact there are a lot of modules around new zealand brendan where in actual fact that does happen particularly in the major areas auckland canterbury wellington mix touch and family type touch is very very popular but i'd have to say after having watched a lot of the touch out here during the week after a space of five or six days that's the first time that i've seen a player in fact in any way injured <,> it's a sport virtually relatively free of injuries but i guess there is the odd sprained ankle and the odd bump as we saw there that does happen but however play continues <&>21:00 with new zealand on attack looking to post their first try we've had eight minutes of play in the second spell so there is seventeen minutes of the match remaining and australia the defending world champions on target to retain their title here in new zealand in ninety ninety one as donna morgan slips into jodie warbrick <,> again another unforced error by the new zealand side jodie warbrick was a little bit aggressive in forcing the voluntary touch there and conceded a penalty to the australians and unfortunately australians now have possession of the ball and are able to advance the ball away from their own goal line and take a lot of pressure off themselves now ken you mentioned a voluntary touch there let's just explain that you are in fact allowed to touch your opponent with the ball but er you're not as we saw there allowed to push your opponent no you're not but what constitutes a touch now under the er under the new rules laid down by the world touch federation is that as soon as any form of bodily contact whether it's initiated by the attacker or the defender is made it constitutes a touch <,,> so new zealand slowing the game down as they try and <,> weave their way through the <&>22:00 australian defence but it's very tight this australian defence they're not only very sharp at attack but they're also very effective in defending their own line yes as is typical with all australian sides they're very very competitive and they play the game very intensely we see here note the difference in the speed of the play the ball in the australians in comparison to the new zealand a touch is made ball down and a runner's there straight away this is erin vickery with the roll ball <,,> australia <.>w infringe and new zealand receive the penalty tap and a fresh set of six taken up by angela tole <,> slip to stephanie scott angela tole again and the new zealanders i think er running out of a bit of steam here as they slow the game right down i think it's not because it's er deliberate <.>at attempt on their part to slow the game down i simply think the australians have run them off their feet yes definitely brendan and it's been a very very hard week of this four or five days of playing touch at this level of competition does take the toll on the player new zealand and australian teams meeting today <&>23:00 for the THIRD time this week they met twice in the two rounds of round robin play new zealand going down four two and one nil but australia having much the better of this match leading by six to nil at the moment and again you see the tremendous speed with which they take the ball up yes it's a feature of the australian play the way that they've got that ability to very quickly complete a set of six and advance the football with good yardage out away from their own line <,> taken up by leanne walker for new zealand fifteen metres from the australian line marie savage there for erica keresoma a good gap there for keresoma and slips it across to marie savage but i think the pass was forward or was the touch made i think the pass was forward there so it's a turn over to the australian side so new zealand with their best scoring opportunity going begging there as that pass was forward finding a little gap in the australian defence the score remains at six to nil again the australians finding no shortage of runners to take the ball up around er to play the ball area <&>24:00 <,,> and away goes janine millen janine millen almost through the gap number nine in fact is a a new zealander new zealand born australian janine millen her parents live here in auckland watching the match today and she nearly nailed another put another nail in the new zealand coffin with her tremendous speed picked up by the new zealand defence i think if the new zealand team are going to put any pressure on this australian side they REALLY have to force the pace of the game and probably not look to string too many passes together but just string quick rucks together one after the other and try and play behind some real good forward momentum seven players on the field at any one time but replacements can be made at any time in the game a further seven players in what is called the interchange zone as away goes stephanie scott for new zealand but the touch made by the australian defender <,,> yeah it's probably one time in a set of six where you can run from from dummy half or from acting half brendan is on the last and usually most players try and over run the mark to give <&>25:00 the the rest of their team mates an opportunity to regroup behind them moves across to debbie egan slip back inside to katrina mar there's a big gap there karen smith goes through on her own but the touch number fourteen picked up right on the line joanne wong maybe karen smith number four the captain should have gone on her own there <,> oh that's great step from er the the australian girls yeah they've got a lot of skill these girls it's debbie egan number eight weaving her way through the new zealand defence like david campese oh definitely yeah just as good step and the overlap must be another try number twelve paulette olden it's seven nil yeah that's paulette's second try in this second half as well and we saw again the leadup was a couple of good completed sets by the australian side and they managed to play behind a lot of good forward momentum here we'll see the final pass on the one world of sport replay paulette olden doing it all right for the australian side they now lead seven nil brendan two tries for the queenslander in the second <&>26:00 spell and australia ahead by seven to nil and we've er had twelve minutes of play thirteen minutes of this world cup final in the women's open grade remaining and australia <,> ahead by seven to nil <,> and this really is a brilliant exhibition of touch from the australian women their ball handling skills not to mention their pace <,> is in fact at times quite breathtaking <,> yeah they certainly have better representation of the best side the best women's side in world touch football they're very very competitive particularly on defence they move up both sides they communicate well and they always seem to anticipate each other's play well they're very good at supporting each other particularly on the inside and if you've never seen a game of touch football before and you've only been watching for the last ten minutes i'm sure you will have noticed already JUST how fast this game is played and what a a premium is placed on fitness this is no middle age leisure sport believe you me this is competitive you've got to have fast feet fast hands and a fast mind and brendan it's certainly no male bastion <&>27:00 either i've had a lot of involvement with a lot of the top men's sides in new zealand and certainly a lot of them would struggle to cut the pace with some of these australian girls there's some terrific players out here <,> slipped across and look at that beautiful piece of hand work there from number fourteen joanne <.>wo great understanding amongst the australian women here <,,><&>4 i think it's pretty obvious the australian side brendan have got the game wrapped up at seven points to nil they'll probably take some risk and probably turn on a little bit of razzle dazzle and entertainment for the crowd which is probably fitting their status as world champions <,,><&>4 the australians penalised new zealand get the penalty tap <,> cindy nga whati with the ball the eighteen year old the teenager from auckland plays it back for angela tole across to lesley brecht <,> angela tole <,,> but the ball fumbled by new zealand knocked forward from the roll ball from the touch brendan the ball must be placed <&>28:00 right on the mark if there's any forward momentum going to the ball you turn it over there we see a similar mistake from the australians if you drop the ball it doesn't matter whether it rolls forward or it rolls back possession immediately goes to the opposition scampering away is vicky ratcliffe for new zealand but she couldn't breach the final couple of metres no she was desperately unlucky there she showed good pace to go on the outside carol howard vicky ratcliffe again across to number fourteen michelle crook just a metre short of the goal line or the try line you can see it there with the orange marker that's the line that you must <,> take the ball across untouched you don't have to force it once you're across the line you simply have to get through untouched <,,> again new zealand not helping their cause by trying to string too many passes together what they should try and do is just try and advance play the balls one after the other and try and play behind a good go forward which is exactly what the australians are doing now in comparison if you watch them there they're just looking for forward momentum good fast play <&>29:00 from dummy half and good runners running on with the ball <,,> see again two play the balls and the australian side have managed to make fifty metres <,,> remember you get a set of six touches when you receive possession and er if you haven't in fact managed to score a try after six touches the ball is turned over to the <.>o the opposing side as lynelle hardy hardy <,> a new zealander makes the touch however or did she yes i think lynelle hardy was probably claiming that she'd got through without the touch but the referee called the touch and he was well placed to adjudicate <,,><&>3 so new zealand with a fresh set of six trying to run the ball away from their own goal line to get close to the australian line but that's the difference between the two teams australia seem to be able to move the ball a full length of the paddock in the space of three or four <&>30:00 touches and new zealand <,> showing a little more penetration this time through stephanie scott she nearly stepped away from the australian defence a desperate hand picked her up twenty metres from the line yeah again she ran from dummy half and if you get tackled dummy half in touch football it's immediate turnover to the opposition it's the captain of the australian team thirty four years of age karen smith number four lynelle hardy yeah karen smith she's been the captain of australia for six years she's a great athlete brendan and has represented her country well this is her second world cup great player oh great skills there from erin vickery number six <,,> and the australians again within twenty metres of the new zealand line <,,><&>3 as debbie egan slips it back for michelle wong try to create space out wide for vickery and it's opened up for vickery she scampers through or does she <,,> yes that's number eight <&>31:00 <,,> erin vickery just managed to elude the desperate new zealand hand here's how it happened yes very professional effort from the australians we saw joanne wong go wide turn the ball back inside to vickery who's got chose good leg speed to get over for a terrific try from an organised set of six planned move from the australian <,,> that's er number eight for australia and this is turning into a bit of an oldfashioned rout here <,> new zealand who kept the australians to a one nil score line in their first match and this could be the first goal <.>for first try for new zealand as away goes carol howard but again there always seems to be someone there on the line with an arm long enough to make contact with the new zealander and howard pulled back for the roll ball five metres from the australian line is number twelve cindy nga whati <,> tries to skip away from her opposing player <,> we've had eighteen <&>32:00 minutes of play seven minutes remaining in the world cup final for women here at avondale and australia the defending champions with a formidable record here this week from their eleven matches they've scored a hundred and twenty three tries prior to this match and only conceded three and we can add another eight so far today so a hundred and thirty one tries in twelve games outstanding record <,,> brendan we don't <.>lack we don't lack that much difference between the australians individually where they do have a definite cut above us is in their overall organisation and their set plays and the way that they execute them as a team <,,><&>3 debbie milford number eleven slips it back to katrina mar the vice captain she's through or is she no i think she might have been picked up <,> an interesting rule in this game as well that even if the touch hadn't've been made brendan she wouldn't have been able to score because of this competition under these rules the dummy half can't score they can get over the try line but they must pass the ball to another player <&>33:00 and that's a ploy we've seen many times this week the dummy half can't score remember but they can run across the goal line there they have to find a team mate and make the pass to before the try can be awarded <&>33:12 <&>end of side one