Black Ferns prop Toka Natua dives over to score against England. Photo Getty ImagesNew Zealand have restored their supremacy in women's rugby by relieving England of the World Cup in the final in Ireland. Prop Toka Natua scored a hat trick, including tries either side of halftime, as her team upstaged the defending champions 41-32. After winning four straight World Cups, beating England in three finals, the Black Ferns failed to make the semifinals in 2014 and watched England triumph in Paris. It was only after they scored their seventh and last try, a second by fullback Selica Winiata from a cross-kick by flyhalf Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali, in the 69th minute that the Black Ferns made certain of their record-extending fifth title.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 26, 2017 20:58 UTC