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No doubt about where the most danger lies in this Black Ferns line-up.

New Zealand wing Portia Woodman has scored 13 tries in the 2017 Women's World Cup - seven more than any other player.

She only got into the sport in 2012. She was a netball player back then, attending an Olympic talent trial to try and pick out new sevens players ahead of the sport's Olympic debut four years later.

A record 142 international sevens tries and a Rio silver medal later, the 26-year-old is still ripping defences to ribbons.

You want to know what she is all about? Flick to 2:30 in this video., external Pace, step, fend and four defenders left in the dust.

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Former international captain asleep in rugby club bar.

Not much of a story you might think. But England's ex-skipper Gill Burns is kipping in Malone's clubhouse through contingency rather than incapacity.

"I got a call on Saturday night from the digs we were due to stay in, and they said 'We're really sorry but we legally can't host you anymore," she said.

"It was then time to do a frantic search on the internet and I found Malone Rugby Club, contacted the president, Patrick Baird, and he saved the day."

Burns is part of a group of former internationals who are in town for the tournament.

New Zealand lock Eloise Blackwell is taking time out of her day job as a teacher at Epsom (NZ version) Girls Grammar School to play in the tournament.

Her students and colleagues have put together a good luck video.

It starts as gentle whimsy, smiling children, acoustic guitar soundtrack and then...

"Smash the Poms!" "Make sure you kick Pommie ass."

Never knowingly under-psyched are they?

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New Zealand have named an unchanged starting XV in the wake of their 45-12 win over the United States in the semi-finals.

Head coach Glenn Moore has tweaked his bench with half-back Kristina Sue among the replacements.

"We’ve made major improvements since the June series and dialled it up even more during this tournament," warned Moore.

New Zealand: Selica Winiata; Portia Woodman, Stacey Waaka, Kelly Brazier, Renee Wickliffe; Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali, Kendra Cocksedge; Toka Natua, Fiao'o Faamausili (capt), Aldora Itunu, Eloise Blackwell, Charmaine Smith, Charmaine McMenamin, Sarah Goss, Aroha Savage,

Replacements: Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate, Sosoli Talawadua, Aleisha Nelson, Rebecca Wood, Lesley Ketu,Kristina Sue, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Carla Hohepa

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"We want it to be a fantastic final and if both teams deliver what they can, it will be. Whoever comes out on top will deserve to," says England head coach Simon Middleton.

Middleton, who took over the running of the 15-a-side team in February 2015, knows a thing or two about finals.

During his rugby league playing career, he helped Castleford to victory over a Wigan team that included the likes of Shaun Edwards, Jason Robinson and Martin Offiah in the final of the (now discontinued) League Cup in 1994.

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Full-back Danielle Waterman - the only player to have started every one of England's matches at the tournament - has been ruled out of the Women's Rugby World Cup final with concussion.

The 32-year-old, a World Cup winner in 2014, left the field in the first half of England's 20-3 semi-final victory over France on Tuesday for a head-injury assessment but did not return.

England head coach Simon Middleton has shifted Emily Scarratt to full-back and put Meg Jones, 20, into the centre to make up for her absence. Jones started the summer wins over Australia and Canada in midfield and will be winning her ninth cap.

The rest of the side is unchanged to the one that beat France in the semis.

England: Emily Scarratt; Lydia Thompson, Megan Jones, Rachel Burford, Kay Wilson; Katy Mclean, Natasha Hunt; Vickii Cornborough, Amy Cokayne, Sarah Bern, Abbie Scott, Tamara Taylor, Alex Matthews, Marlie Packer, Sarah Hunter (capt).

Replacements: Vicky Fleetwood, Rochelle Clark, Justine Lucas, Harriet Millar-Mills, Izzy Noel-Smith, La Toya Mason, Amber Reed, Amy Wilson Hardy

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Before today's final there has been a full shake-down for the final positions in the tournament.

Wales have beaten Ireland 27-17 to take seventh and bring an underwhelming tournament to a close for both.

Canada beat Australia 43-12 for fifth while France beat the United States 31-23 in the bronze medal match.

Spare a thought for Hong Kong, who bow out having lost all five matches, conceding 333 points and scoring only 27.

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The overall head-to-head is heavily weighted towards the Black Ferns with New Zealand 16-8 in front.

While England are defending world champions, they did not have to beat the perennial favourites to lift the trophy in 2014. Ireland's seismic group win over New Zealand - the first time the Black Ferns had lost in a World Cup for 23 years - ensured an easier path to the title for the Red Roses.

Before that tournament, New Zealand had won four successive World Cups between 1998 and 2010. On three of those occasions they beat England in the final.

When it comes to the biggest games on the biggest stage - they are the ones with the history and match-winning street-smarts.

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England and New Zealand have been on collision course from the start of the Women's Rugby World Cup.

England, who won the title the last time it was contested in 2014, have won all four of their games so far, by an average of 33 points.

The Black Ferns have been even more dominant, with a mean winning margin of more than 57 points.

The last time they met - in Rotorua in June - England recorded their first victory on their rivals' home turf since 2001, coming through 29-21.

The time before, back at the Twickenham Stoop in November, New Zealand emerged as 25-20 winners.

It's always tight. It's also ferocious. But this time it is for the biggest prize there is.

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It always felt like it would come to this.

The number one side in the world against the number two.

Four-time winners v holders.

Black v white.