England win Women's Rugby World Cup for third time with superb performance at Twickenham - match report
Flanker Sadia Kabeya named player of the match as Red Roses extend winning run to 33 games
Superb try from full-back Ellie Kildunne followed by scores from forwards Amy Cokayne and Alex Matthews give England 21-8 half-time lead
Abbie Ward and Matthews score tries as England hold off Canada in second half
Record crowd for women's rugby of 81,885 at Allianz Stadium
Image source, Getty ImagesMeg Jones and England have got the party well and truly started.
England are World Champions for a third time after beating Canada 33-13 in front of the biggest ever crowd for a women's international.
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Until next time...
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Canada's captain, Alex Tessier speaking to BBC Sport: "I think we started the game flat and we didn't impose our rhythm. We didn't panic but we didn't manage to play our game and that cost us in the long run."
On set pieces: "I think good on England, they pressured us at set pieces especially the scrum. We didn't know what to do at times. It's harder when the scrum doesn't go your way. Heads up to the girls they have done a tremendous job this tournament.
"I am very proud. I thought we had a good tournament.
"It's so unfortunate because that we didn't finish the job because everyone believed that we could have done the job but it just didn't go our way today."
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Image source, ReutersSarah Bern speaking to BBC Sport: 'I actually can’t put it into words, we were saying it hasn’t sunk in at all.
'We’ve never played in a stadium like this. Walking in we were inspired by everyone cheering us on, it’s just been electric. I’m really happy for the girls.
'I think we recognised that we hadn't put in a full 80-minute performance, so for us it was about believing in ourselves, believing in our game plan and executing that for 80 minutes.
'And today the girls did that, this was a massive squad effort and I’m proud of absolutely everyone.'
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England captain Zoe Aldcroft speaking to BBC Sport: "It is absolutely unbelievable. I am so proud of every single one of those girls. We smashed it out there tonight and I am so thankful that we put our bodies on the line."
Thoughts on the final whistle:
"I could not believe that we have done this. We have spoken about inspiring the nation and putting women's rugby on the map and honestly, I think we have done this throughout the whole tournament.
"I know those girls can put a performance like that out and we had belief in every single one of those girls. We had no doubt in our minds that we were going to come out today and do this job."
On inspiring the next generation:
"Part of our journey was inspiring young girls and we talk about reinventing women's rugby.
"We hope we have inspired young girls out there to go and pick up a ball, any kind of ball, any kind of sport and do what ever they want to in the world because if you dream big enough, you can get it.
"We dreamed big enough today."
Image source, Getty ImagesAmy Cokayne scored a try for England, and is one of the few World Cup winners to still have a day job since professionalism came into the women's game six years ago.
Victory over Canada came in the 29-year-old's third successive final, but alongside her rugby career she is also a police officer in the RAF.
The RAF's Elite Athlete Scheme allowed Cokayne to focus on her dream of lifting the World Cup while maintaining her military career in the background.
The Flight Lieutenant kept the Canada pack in check at Twickenham, but will at some point returning to her role of keeping pilots in order.
Alastair Telfer
BBC Sport at Twickenham
England produced a dominant performance to defeat Canada at Twickenham and win the Women's Rugby World Cup for a third time.
In front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence.
The defeat by the Black Ferns in the previous World Cup final three years ago remains England's last loss as they extended their record winning run to 33 games.
Image source, Getty Images2025: Canada 13-33 England - Twickenham Stadium, London
2021: New Zealand 34-31 England - Eden Park, Auckland*
*competition was postponed to 2022 because of Covid pandemic
2017: New Zealand 41-32 England - Ravenhill, Belfast
2014: England 21-9 Canada - Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
2010: New Zealand 13-10 England - Twickenham Stoop, London
2006: New Zealand 25-17 England - Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
2002: New Zealand 19-9 England - Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
1998: New Zealand 44-12 USA - National Rugby Centre Stadium, Amsterdam
1994: England 38-23 USA - Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
1991: USA 19-6 England - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Image source, Getty ImagesThe USA team who won in 1991
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Not a massive rugby fan (football for me) BUT I can still appreciate a stunning achievement by England. It's quite something to be the best women's rugby side on earth! I hope it kicks the game on (at youth and adult level) as it has football. Well done ladies, very proud.
Anon, [please remember to put your name]
And here is Asia Hogan-Rochester...
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Image source, Getty ImagesA shout out to Canada winger Asia Hogan-Rochester.
They scored two tries in the match, made 99 metres with ball in hand and had 13 gain line carries. A monster of a match.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCanada's goal-kicking lock held off competition from England's Meg Jones and New Zealand's Jorja Miller to be named World Rugby's player of the year.
That's about the population of Wigan, or Scunthorpe, by the way.
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Grace Wheeler
BBC Sport
Regarding players menstrual cycles and the cramp cocktail - is any of the data gathered being fed back and looked at for rates of amenorrhea in female athletes?
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You can read the full article here.
So, my answer is we don't fully know if it is looked at for the rates of amenorrhea in female athletes but what we do know is that the women's menstrual cycle is seen as the fifth vital sign of a women's healthy body.
Here is what we have found:
The other four vital signs for a female are temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rate.
"If you know you're having a regular menstrual cycle, then essentially you are healthy, your body is willing to be able to procreate because it knows you can grow a human," former player and now lead rugby physio of Sale Sharks Women.
"The main things that we look for is that they are tracking day one of their bleed."
USA rugby player, Erica Jarrel-searcy said,"If you don't have a period, for 6 months look into that because that might be resulting from some sort of like stressor imbalance that you should know about.
"Those two things track your cycle, and if you don't get a period, look into it. Talk to somebody.
"It needs to be a holistic approach because there's so many reasons someone might have lost their period. Pregnancy is one of them, but that's not always the case like.
"It can be a stress induced. It can be under fuelling, if your body isn't getting enough nutrients. A lot of women will lose their period. It can also, it can just happen when you're in a high-level environment like we are."
England forward Morwenna Talling: "That was insane. It was a hard-fought battle. We stuck to our gameplan. We knew we had to put on a show and we did that today.
"I think we've already put northern rugby on the map. I can't wait to be back up with the girls at Sale and start the season."
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Ruby Tui
New Zealand World Cup winner on BBC One
When you win at home, it's the pinnacle of your sporting life. No matter what you do, Olympic golds, whatever.
I remember a few years ago when we heard rumours England were going to go professional. These are the fruits of their labour. World records at home. This is a moment in history.
