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San Francisco – New Zealand became the first team in history
win two consecutive crowns of the Rugby World Cup at 7, Sunday,
clean sweep of the titles with a defeat of 33-12 England in the final at AT & T
Park.
New Zealanders – who beat England to win the last
tournament in 2013 in Moscow – once again proved too strong for the English,
ahead of their opponents five tries to two.
The victory ended a weekend of gold in San Francisco for
New Zealand after their women successfully defended their own title to seven on
Saturday.
New Zealand men's and women's teams now have world titles
the seven and fifteen versions of the game.
Captain of New Zealand Scott Curry who missed the 2013
victory breaking his hand shortly before the tournament, was ecstatic more
victory.
"It was really disappointing for me last time, so to come
in San Francisco and play as we did, I'm really proud, "Curry
I said.
Curry said that New Zealand men had taken inspiration from
women's victory 24 hours earlier.
"We were really proud of girls.
imitate what they did and come back for the first time, "he said.
I said. "It's nice to go home with two World Cups."
New Zealanders, who stunned Olympic champions Fiji
to reach the final, took the lead in the first minute, when Sione Molia broke out
through weak English s attack to mark under the messages.
Molia then took a second test a few moments later, digging
more closely to cap a dominant start.
England hits at halftime when Mike Ellery
found the space inside the 22nd of Dan Norton's pass for a converted score that
did 14-7 at the break.
New Zealand threatened soon after recovery
and Joe Ravouvou took them in a 19-7 lead when he easily defeated Norton on the
outside for a test in the corner.
Ruaridh McConnochie gave England the hope of a riposte after
rushing into the corner after Harry Glover's break.
But New Zealand has increased the tempo and finished with two
more tests from Akuila Rokolisoa and Traell Joass to secure the third
absolute victory in the tournament.
New Zealanders had already reached the final after a
Clinic 22-17 defeat of the Fiji Olympic champions in the semifinals. [Angleterre9002] England, meanwhile, reached the final after a surprising
Unilateral 29-7 has defeated South Africa in the last four meetings.
England coach Simon Amor admitted however that his side had been
unable to reproduce their best form in the final.
"Of course, to be in the final of the World Cup, you want to lift
"Unfortunately, we did not play our best in the final."
game we had a few mistakes just at critical moments but overall I
We liked the way we always stayed and played a good rugby.
England captain Tom Mitchell said the defeat in the final was
bittersweet.
"Right now, I am very sore, and quite thirsty,"
I said.
"We came here hoping to be among them and really
want to be World Champion – that's what you want. We were
there in the final after a lot of ups and downs this season.
"I'm really proud to get there, but that means
It hurts more than we worked so hard to get there. "
The New Zealand victory brought the curtain down on a success
First Rugby World Cup on US soil, with more than 102,000 spectators
attend the three days of the event.
Elsewhere Sunday, the Samoa campaign ended in disgrace with
Gordon Langkilde player thrown out of the tournament for his role in a tunnel
burst after Saturday's defeat in Wales.
Welsh player Tom Williams suffered a tournament end
injury in the attack that Welsh players have described as "unprovoked".
World Rugby said in a statement that they were investigating the
incident.
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