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2010 Women's Rugby World Cup final

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2010 Rugby World Cup Final
Event2010 Rugby World Cup
Date5 September 2010
VenueTwickenham Stoop, Twickenham, London
RefereeSarah 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]

Route to the final

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New Zealand Round England
Opponent Result Pool stage Opponent Result
 South Africa 55–3 Match 1  Ireland 27–0
 Australia 32–5 Match 2  Kazakhstan 82–0
 Wales 41–8 Match 3  United States 37–10
Pool A
Po Nation P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP TP
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 128 16 +112 22 2 3 15
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 93 44 +49 14 8 2 10
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 18 127 -109 3 19 0 4
4  Wales 3 0 0 3 30 82 -52 4 14 1 1
Final standing Pool B
Po Nation P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP TP
1  England 3 3 0 0 146 10 +136 22 2 3 15
2  Ireland 3 2 0 1 59 42 +17 11 6 2 10
3  United States 3 1 0 2 73 59 +14 11 10 1 5
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 3 170 -167 0 26 0 0
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 France 45–7 Semi-finals  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

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5 September 2010
 New Zealand13–10 England
Try: Hohepa 33'
Con: Brazier 34'
Pen: Brazier 56', 66'
ReportTry: Barras 61'
Con: McLean 62'
Pen: McLean 43'
Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 13,253
Referee: Australia Sarah Corrigan
FB 15 Victoria Grant
RW 14 Carla Hohepa
OC 13 Huriana Manuel
IC 12 Kelly Brazier
LW 11 Renee Wickcliffe
FH 10 Anna Richards
SH 9 Emma Jensen
N8 8 Casey Robertson
OF 7 Justine Lavea
BF 6 Melissa Ruscoe (c)
RL 5 Victoria Heighway
LL 4 Vita Robinson
TP 3 Melodie Bosman
HK 2 Fiao'o Fa'amausili
LP 1 Ruth McKay
Replacements:
HK 16 Karina Penetito
PR 17 Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox
LK 18 Linda Itunu
FL 19 Joan Sione
SH 20 Kendra Cocksedge
FH 21 Rebecca Hull
CE 22 Trish Hina
Coach:
New Zealand Brian Evans
FB 15 Danielle Waterman
RW 14 Charlotte Barras
OC 13 Emily Scarratt
IC 12 Rachael Burford
LW 11 Katherine Merchant
FH 10 Katy McLean
SH 9 Amy Turner
N8 8 Catherine Spencer (c)
OF 7 Margaret Alphonsi
BF 6 Sarah Hunter
RL 5 Joanna McGilchrist
LL 4 Tamara Taylor
TP 3 Sophie Hemming
HK 2 Amy Garnett
LP 1 Rochelle Clark
Replacements:
HK 16 Emma Croker
PR 17 Claire Purdy
PR 18 Rebecca Essex
LK 19 Sarah Beale
SH 20 La Toya Mason
FH 21 Alice Richardson
CE 22 Amber Penrith
Coach:
England Gary Street

Summary

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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]

References

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