Toka Natua bags hat-trick as New Zealand win Women’s Rugby World Cup final

England 32 New Zealand 41

Prop Toka Natua led the way, with a hat-trick of tries, while there were also tries for full-back Selica Winiata (two), lock Charmaine Smith and scrum-half Kendra Cocksedge, with Cocksedge adding three conversions.

Wing Lydia Thompson scored two tries for England, in addition to a seven-point penalty try, plus a late Izzy Noel-Smith touchdown, and full-back Emily Scarratt booted two penalties and two conversions, yet New Zealand were not to be denied a fifth world title.