2010 Women's Rugby World Cup final

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2010 Rugby World Cup Final
Event 2010 Rugby World Cup
New Zealand England
Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of England.svg
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Date5 September 2010
Venue Twickenham Stoop, Twickenham, London
Referee Sarah Corrigan (Australia) [1]
Attendance13,253
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The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match that determined the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winner. The match occurred on 5 September 2010 at the Twickenham Stoop in Twickenham, London and was contested between New Zealand and England for a third time. It was England's record fifth appearance in a Final and New Zealand's fourth. New Zealand made history with their fourth back-to-back title after defeating England in a tightly contested match. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Route to the final

New ZealandRoundEngland
OpponentResultPool stageOpponentResult
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55–3Match 1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 27–0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32–5Match 2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 82–0
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 41–8Match 3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37–10
Pool A
PoNationPWDLPFPAPDTFTABPTP
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 330012816+112222315
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32019344+49148210
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 310218127-10931904
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 30033082-5241411
Final standingPool B
PoNationPWDLPFPAPDTFTABPTP
1Flag of England.svg  England 330014610+136222315
2IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 32015942+17116210
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31027359+14111015
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 30033170-16702600
OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult
Flag of France.svg  France 45–7Semi-finalsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15–0

New Zealand was placed in Pool A with South Africa, Australia and Wales. England was in Pool B along with Ireland, Kazakhstan and the United States. New Zealand started their World Cup campaign with a 55–3 trouncing of South Africa. Carla Hohepa scored a hat-trick and Kelly Brazier slotted in five conversions. South Africa's only points came by way of a penalty in the 66th minute. [7] Australia were New Zealand's next opponents in the pool; Wallaroos Prop Lindsay Morgan shocked the defending champions by scoring first in the 8th minute. Despite playing into the elements for most of the first half, the Black Ferns managed to go into halftime 22–5. They only managed 10 points in the second half as they defeated Australia 32–5. [8] Kelly Brazier's hat-trick helped New Zealand thrash Wales 41–8 in their last pool game. [9] New Zealand met France in the semi-final, they scored five tries with three successful conversions in the first half. France only answer came from hooker, Laetitia Salles, who scored a late first half try just before the break and begin halftime 31–7. New Zealand scored only 14 points in the second half and ended the game 45–7. [10] [11]

England beat Ireland 27–0 in their first pool match as they scored four unanswered tries. In their second pool game, Fiona Pocock and Charlotte Barras each scored a hat-trick as England ran in 14 tries as they heavily defeated Kazakhstan 82–0. Inaugural champions, the United States were England's last pool opponents. Danielle Waterman scored a brace of tries and four other try scorers also crossed the try line to help England beat USA 37–10. England met Australia who had reached the semi-finals for the first time. [12] It was a hard fought match but England triumphed in the end, 15–0, as they booked a final showdown with New Zealand. [13]

Match

5 September 2010
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13–10Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Hohepa 33'
Con: Brazier 34'
Pen: Brazier 56', 66'		 Report Try: Barras 61'
Con: McLean 62'
Pen: McLean 43'
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 13,253
Referee: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Corrigan
FB15 Victoria Grant
RW14 Carla Hohepa
OC13 Huriana Manuel
IC12 Kelly Brazier
LW11 Renee Wickcliffe
FH10 Anna Richards
SH9 Emma Jensen
N88 Casey Robertson
OF7 Justine Lavea
BF6 Melissa Ruscoe (c)
RL5 Victoria Heighway
LL4 Vita Robinson
TP3 Melodie Bosman
HK2 Fiao'o Fa'amausili
LP1 Ruth McKay
Replacements:
HK16 Karina Penetito
PR17 Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox
LK18 Linda Itunu
FL19 Joan Sione
SH20 Kendra Cocksedge
FH21 Rebecca Hull
CE22 Trish Hina
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Evans
FB15 Danielle Waterman
RW14 Charlotte Barras
OC13 Emily Scarratt
IC12 Rachael Burford
LW11 Katherine Merchant
FH10 Katy McLean
SH9 Amy Turner
N88 Catherine Spencer (c)
OF7 Margaret Alphonsi
BF6 Sarah Hunter
RL5 Joanna McGilchrist
LL4 Tamara Taylor
TP3 Sophie Hemming
HK2 Amy Garnett
LP1 Rochelle Clark
Replacements:
HK16 Emma Croker
PR17 Claire Purdy
PR18 Rebecca Essex
LK19 Sarah Beale
SH20 La Toya Mason
FH21 Alice Richardson
CE22 Amber Penrith
Coach:
Flag of England.svg Gary Street

Summary

England spent the first ten minutes of the game stuck in their own half but did not concede a single point. Anna Richards was sin-binned in the 22nd minute for killing the ball and was later joined by Mel Bosman 7 minutes later for the same offence, however England could not capitalize on the fact that New Zealand were down to 13 players. Winger Carla Hohepa eventually broke through the English defence and scored for the Black Ferns, a successful conversion by Kelly Brazier put them in the lead 7–0 at half-time.

Three minutes into the second half Katy McLean kicked a penalty and reduced their deficit to 5 points. 13 minutes later Brazier kicked another penalty and increased New Zealand's lead to 10–3. New Zealand captain Melissa Ruscoe was sin-binned in the 57th minute, this time England took advantage of the Black Ferns misfortune as Charlotte Barras scored moments later and a conversion to Katy McLean leveled the game at 10–10. Kelly Brazier's penalty in the 66th minute helped New Zealand secure their fourth World title as they edged England 13–10. [2] [14] [4] [5] [15]

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