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Bienne Terita and Ashley Marsters crossed for the Wallaroos, who finished a breathless game with 13 players.

At Whangarei, New Zealand, Bienne Terita also scored a second-half try for Australia which posted its first win in Group A after a first-round loss to New Zealand.

The Wallaroos led 17-0 at half-time before the hosts replied with 41 unanswered points after the break, with flying teenage wing Bienne Terita scoring two of their three tries as she burnished her reputation as a star in the making.

The Wallaroos hit the Black Ferns hard in the early stages of Pool A's opening match and were rewarded with the first try through winger Bienne Terita.

She runs her own communication services business in the German and French bilingual city of Biel/Bienne.