Three Hurricanes Poua are set to feature for the Black Ferns and Manusina Samoa, respectively, across the final round of pool matches at the Women's World Cup in England this weekend.
Poua pair Layla Sae and Ayesha Leti-I'iga have been named to play for the Black Ferns as they prepare for their final Pool C match against Ireland at Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium on Monday morning NZT.
Having started in both of New Zealand's opening two World Cup pool matches against Spain and Japan, Sae has kept her place in the starting lineup, where she shifts back to blindside flanker after playing at No 8 last week.
In doing so, the 16-test loose forward stands as one of just four players - alongside Jorja Miller, Braxton Sorensen-McGee, and Alana Bremner - to have started in every Black Ferns match at the World Cup thus far.
Leti-I'iga, meanwhile, has returned from an ankle injury to take her place on the bench against Ireland. It is set to be the 26-year-old wing's first appearance since she scored a brace of tries during New Zealand's tournament-opening win over Spain, taking her overall tally to 21 tries in 27 tests.
After claiming bonus-point wins over Spain and Japan, both the Black Ferns and Ireland have already clinched their spots in next week's quarter-finals, leaving this weekend's encounter to determine which side will take top spot in Pool C.
The top-ranked side will face the runner-up of Pool D in the quarter-finals, while the second-placed Pool C team will play the Pool D winner. South Africa and France have cemented themselves as the qualifiers from Pool D, and will play each other this weekend to determine the top-two positioning.
Elsewhere, Poua prop Denise Aiolupotea will earn her 10th cap for Manusina Samoa in her side's final match of the World Cup against the United States on Sunday morning NZT.
Aiolupotea has been retained at loosehead prop for the fixture at York Community Stadium after starting there against England last week, which came after a bench appearance against Australia the week earlier.
Manusina Samoa begin their match against the USA Eagles at 12:30am Sunday NZT, while the Black Ferns take on Ireland from 1:45am Monday NZT.
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