Women’s Rugby World Cup 

Under the Allianz Stadium lights on Saturday, 81,885 rugby fans witnessed the Red Roses win the Women’s Rugby World Cup in style. For the first time since 2014, England stormed to victory, beating Canada 33-13, continuing their impressive win streak in which they haven’t failed to win a game since November 2022! Led by head coach John Mitchell and captain Zoe Aldcroft, this fantastic side showed why they deserve to be World Champions over the course of the tournament, with a fitting finale to round off a fantastic campaign. 

Top Performing Teams 

England were worthy winners, but they had to be at their best to do so as plenty of other teams were aiming for the trophy. 

In winning the tournament, England also prevented New Zealand from achieving three consecutive World Cup titles, a feat that only the Black Ferns can boast about when they won four on the bounce between 1998 and 2010. This year, however, the All Blacks weren’t the usual strong force we recognise across both the men’s and women’s game. Although they did go on to win their third place game against France, they suffered defeat to Canada in the semi-final, marking their worst performance in the World Cup since 2014. 

France were another side who threatened to challenge England to the title, but it wasn’t to be as they crashed out in the semi-finals after defeat 35-17 by the Red Roses. With that said, France looked good throughout the tournament with one of the most emphatic victories of the campaign, defeating Brazil 84-5. 

Canada also proved why they were one of the four sides fancied to lift the trophy with a great run throughout the tournament, falling at the final hurdle to a brilliant England side. It is the second time that the North American team have been runners-up to England in the World Cup, also losing out in 2014. With that said, Alex Tessier and her side can certainly take confidence from this campaign as they look forward to making amends in 2029. 

England 

It was all about England though. The Red Roses dominated for the entire tournament, and in the end, it was never really in doubt. From the opening game back in August to the finale on Saturday night, England were professional and ruthless. England scored an astonishing 316 points across their six games, including the biggest win of the tournament, 92-3 against Samoa. 

They didn’t let up at all even when playing their rivals, with their shortest winning margin coming in the semi-final, a mere 18 points! Mitchell’s side are well-drilled, well-disciplined and all round phenomenal!  

In the final, Canada opened the scoring but it was Ellie Kildunne who stole the show, dancing her way through the Canadian backline to score a stunning try in front of a bumper home crowd to get the Roses off the mark. Kildunne had been England’s star player for most of the tournament and it seemed fitting that her stunning try was the one to shift momentum. Tries from Abbie Ward, Amy Cokayne and two from Alex Matthews sealed Canada’s fate before the 70th minute with Zoe Harrison kicking four out of five conversions. 

The win was a fantastic moment for England after agony in the last two finals finishing narrow runners-up to the Black Ferns. There was no danger of that this time with John Mitchell suggesting that this team could dominate the world for a long time. 

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