Other games today proving quite one-sided too. Clearly some teams have had better preparation than others. PNG beat Vanuatu 5-0 and Fiji lead New Caledonia 4-0 at HT
Hosts and Nations Cup holders Solomon Islands lose 1-0 to American Samoa, who had never won a game prior to last year but are looking a lot stronger with a squad largely recruited from lineage players in the USA.
Means the Solomons could be eliminated when they play us on Sunday.
After 70 minutes in Honiara and it's NZ 5 Solomon Islands 0.
A Ferns win will guarantee their top two spot (along with American Samoa) with those 2 teams meeting in the final group game (the Ferns need a draw to top the group). Fiji & Papua New Guinea are the likely top two teams from the other group which will make up the 4 semi-finalists to play in Hamilton & Auckland from 12-15 April. The final winner goes directly to Brazil 2027 and runner-up into intercontinental playoff.
Full-time: New Zealand 8 Solomon Islands 0 (Half-time 3-0) Goals: Millie Clegg (2), Indiah-Paige Riley, Hannah Blake (3), Grace Jale & Pia Vlok Player of the match to Charlotte Lancaster (assisting in 4 of the goals)