Apii Nicholls-Pualau on the charge during New Zealand's 52-4 semifinal win over England in Sydney.

Honey Hireme has fired New Zealand into the Women's Rugby League World Cup final and copped a rocket from coach Tony Benson in the process.

As she has been all tournament, the Kiwi Ferns outside back was the chief destroyer in their 52-4 romp over England in Sydney on Sunday, crossing for three tries as they booked a decider against Australia.

However she earned the ire of her coach after twice handing the ball off to a team-mate while having the tryline open and begging.

GETTY IMAGES Shontelle Woodman celebrates a try with her Kiwi Ferns team-mates at Southern Cross Group Stadium.

After bagging six tries against the Cook Islands, dual international Hireme took her tournament tally to 11 at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney. But she should have had more.

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In an unselfish and obvious attempt to deflect attention off herself, she allowed a team-mate to score when all she needed to was plant the ball over the line.

First, in the 67th, the Kiwi Ferns created space on the left edge and Hireme looked certain to score however she passed it to Hilda Peters, despite having the line wide open in front of her.

Then with the final play of the game she busted through five tackles and was in the in-goal however handed it off to skipper Laura Mariu.

Benson wasn't happy his player had taken such a risk and promised she would have it drummed out of her.

"I can understand what she was doing but as a coach I'm not happy about it," Benson said.

"We just want to get the ball under the posts and get that kick, every try is valuable. That won't happen again."

The English were still in the hunt down 14-4 at the halftime break thanks to a Tara-Jane Stanley four-pointer in the 22nd minute.

Hireme had a mixed first-half but put her stamp on the match after the break, strolling over in the left-hand corner six minutes after the resumption.

She charged over for a second in the 57th to take the game out of England's hands at 28-4 before she put the icing on the cake with a powerful run to grab her third in the 78th.

After a mixed showing in their 36-8 win over Papua New Guinea last week, Benson was happy with the three-time champion's performance heading into Saturday's final but emphasised they still needed more improvement.

England centre Jessica Courtman was taken to hospital after suffering a neck injury in one of the last plays of the game.​

The Kiwi Ferns will face Australia in Saturday's final after the reigning champions thrashed Canada 58-6 in the other semi.