Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018: New Zealand win women’s title as Black Ferns perform spine-tingling haka in San Francisco
Michaela Blyde scores hat-trick as Black Ferns thrash France in women’s final at AT&T Stadium to retain their title
The Black Ferns retained their women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens title in San Francisco, beating France 29-0 in the final to claim their second title.
Michaela Blyde ran in a hat-trick of tries as New Zealand dismissed the French, who had earlier stunned Olympic champions Australia to reach the final at AT&T Stadium.
“I’m bloody proud of the effort from the sisters and can’t wait to go and celebrate with them,” New Zealand captain Sarah Goss said.
“It doesn’t get any better than that,” Goss said of becoming back-to-back champions. To have aperformance like that, for Michaela Blyde to stand up for us, it’s an amazing day.
“We came out here and had one goal, and that was to take the trophy back home to New Zealand. We’ve done that and I can’t wait to go back home and show it off to the New Zealand public.”
