4 Oct 2010

Football Ferns beat Tahiti 7-0

6:00 am on 4 October 2010

The New Zealand women's football team has finished pool play at the Oceania Nations World Cup qualifiers by beating Tahiti 7-0 in North Harbour.

New Zealand lead just 1-0 at half-time in their final Group A match, but two goals from Amber Hearn in the second half sparked the side into action, and four other players found the net before the full-time whislte.

In the other Group A match, Cook Islands beat Vanuatu 2-0 to join the Football Ferns in the semi-finals.

Attention turns to Group B today with Tonga facing Papua New Guinea on the North Harbour Stadium artificial pitch and Fiji meeting Solomon Islands on the oval ground, both matches kicking off at 3.30pm.

Papua New Guinea have already made sure of a semi-final berth but the other three sides have everything to play for.