The 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup. The match took place on 16 May 1998 in Amsterdam and was between New Zealand and the United States. New Zealand beat the United States 44–12 to claim their first World Cup title.[2]
| Event | 1998 Rugby World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 16 May 1998 | ||||||
| Venue | NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Ed Morrison (England)[1] | ||||||
Route to the final
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| Opponent | Result | Pool stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Germany
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134–6 | Match 1 |  Russia
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84–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Scotland
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76–0 | Match 2 |  Spain
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38–16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final standing |
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| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
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46–3 | Quarter-finals | Scotland
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25–10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 England
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44–11 | Semi-finals |  Canada
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46–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand was pooled with Scotland, Italy and World Cup debutantes, Germany.[3] The United States were pooled with Spain, who missed the 1994 World Cup, along with Wales and Russia.[3] New Zealand thrashed Germany 134–6 to record their first 100 points in a World Cup.[4][5] They kept Scotland scoreless with 76–0 in their last pool game. The Black Ferns met Spain in their quarterfinal, they won 46–3 and went on to beat 1994 Champions, England, 44–11 to book their place in the Final.[6]
The United States beat Russia in their first pool match 84–0, and then beat Spain 38–16. In their quarterfinal, they defeated Scotland in a closely contested match 25–10. Canada only managed 6 points against the United States 46 points in their semifinal game.[7]
Match
edit| 16 May 1998 |
New Zealand  | 44–12 |  United States |
| Try: Cootes (4) Palmer Sheck Wall Con: Rush |
| Referee: E. F. Morrison |
Summary
editVanessa Cootes scored four of the Black Ferns eight tries in the Final.[Note 1][8][3] Farah Palmer, Regina Sheck and Louisa Wall scored a try each with Annaleah Rush making two successful conversions to give New Zealand their first World Cup title.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ The Black Ferns vs USA teamsheet on stats.allblacks.com and Cootes Black Ferns profile credits her as scoring five tries.
References
edit- ^ "Hollie Davidson Appointed Referee for Rugby World Cup 2021 Final".
- ^ "Ten great Black Ferns moments". allblacks.com. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Women's Rugby World Cup: The story so far". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Black Ferns rout Hong Kong in 19-try romp at the Women's Rugby World Cup". Stuff. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Rugby World Cup can be record-breaking, says World Rugby's Bill Beaumont". BBC Sport. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Black Ferns and England: A "love-hate relationship"". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b Wise, Chad (23 March 2017). "THROWBACK THURSDAY: A FINAL FINAL". USA Rugby. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Rugby's all-time greatest women's XV". Rugby World. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.