the stunning risk that made Black Ferns world champions

A sell-out Eden Park crowd left on a high following the Black Ferns' World Cup win on Saturday night. Video / Jed Bradley / Claire TrevettThe Black Ferns built a three-point lead in the World Cup final by taking a series of bold but calculated risks. ”We took a risk on that last lineout,” Smith said later, the World Cup gleaming in front of him. Asked what was going through his mind with the World Cup on the line, Middleton smiled. ”Sometimes things are written in the stars, and I think it has been for the Black Ferns at this tournament.”Theresa Fitzpatrick and Chelsea Bremner celebrate winning the final.