New Zealand has crushed England in a rare Rugby World Cup last in entrance of a file 42,579 at Auckland’s Eden Park.
Winger Ayesha Leti-l’iga scored a strive 9 minutes from time to edge the Black Ferns forward for simply the second time in a pulsating match, 34-31.
England, who performed for greater than two-thirds of the match with 14 girls after Lydia Thompson was despatched off for a reckless sort out after simply 18 minutes, had an opportunity to drive the ball over the road from a five-metre lineout — a tactic that had already purchased 4 tries within the sport.
Nevertheless, the Black Ferns stopped the drive first time, after which Joanah Ngan-Woo caught up a hand to steal the lineout and ship the Black Ferns and their legions of followers wild.
It topped a sixth World Cup title for New Zealand and acquired an finish to a few years of utter domination from England’s girls, who had gained 30 video games in a row — together with twice thrashing New Zealand.
“I am so happy with our staff,” New Zealand co-captain and participant of the match Ruahei Demant stated.
“Final yr we went on the northern tour and we received pumped. We sacrificed a lot to get the one likelihood to win a World Cup at residence and we did it.
“We hope we have now made our nation proud and impressed the subsequent technology of Black Ferns.”
A hat-trick from hooker Amy Cokayne off the rolling maul and tries from flanker Marlie Packer and fullback Ellie Kildunne had stored England forward for all however 15 of the 80 minutes.
“Sport may be merciless at instances,” England captain Sarah Hunter stated. “I am simply so happy with the way in which this staff have proven up, not simply tonight however over the past three years. I hope that one outcome does not outline the staff.
“We gave every little thing tonight and sadly it wasn’t sufficient to take the trophy residence.”
England began at a canter and had been two tries to the great earlier than Thompson was dismissed.
Woodman was taken off the pitch on a motorised stretcher after the crimson card incident however New Zealand instantly minimize the deficit with a strive from a lineout drive by means of hooker Georgia Ponsonby.
The English fired up their well-oiled machine of a rolling maul with each alternative and flanker Packer was the subsequent to learn to increase their lead and provides the Purple Roses a twelfth strive of the event from the manoeuvre.
Leti-l’iga had changed Woodman and he or she completed brilliantly after 25 minutes to get New Zealand again inside 5 factors however Cokayne was quickly touching down once more off one other catch-and-drive to place England forward 26-14.
New Zealand prop Amy Rule minimize the deficit from one more maul to chop the result in 26-19 on the break and the Black Ferns made it a two-point sport straight from the second-half kick-off with a shocking strive from Fluhler.
The hosts went forward for the primary time at 29-26 within the forty ninth minute when substitute prop Krystal Murray crashed over from a blindside transfer together with her first contact of the ball after a 50-22 from scrumhalf Kendra Cocksedge.
England went again to the driving maul to offer Cokayne her hat-trick 5 minutes later, nevertheless, and New Zealand co-captain Kennedy Simon was despatched to the sin bin within the sixty fifth minute.
The Purple Roses had their probabilities after Leti-l’iga’s second strive however put their belief within the lineout drive slightly than degree the scores with a penalty, a belief that was betrayed when New Zealand turned over the ultimate lineout.
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