The Final Countdown

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Well, as expected, the Women's Rugby World Cup final on Sunday will feature England vs New Zealand, after both teams won their respective semi-finals yesterday.

England put away a cussed Australia 15-0, but will face a huge task against the reigning champion Black Ferns who apparently have not lost a World Cup game since their semi-final defeat against the United States in 1994 and who comfortably saw off France 45-7 yesterday at the Stoop.

For both teams (and indeed all the other teams in the tournament) Sunday will be the 5th game in 17 days - which is a tremendous achievement in itself and testament to the fitness and conditioning levels of the players involved.

Inevitably mainstream media coverage of the tournament has been patchy at best but John Birch over at the Letchworth Girls Rugby blog has covered more or less every second...