After a frantic two-minute opening passage of play by which possession switched sides a number of occasions, Canada imposed themselves on the chaos and by no means actually gave up management.
Profiting from Renee Holmes’ kick out on the complete, Tessier collected a chip-ahead and from the ensuing part Pelletier darted, dummied and danced beneath the posts.
Shortly after, wing Hogan-Rochester breezed previous full-back Holmes to increase the result in 12 factors in as many minutes.
A reeling New Zealand had occasional openings, however Alana Bremner spilled the ball to curtail one promising assault, whereas Canada’s floor sport proved too robust on one other.
The superb De Goede acquired excessive of a breakdown to win a penalty in midfield, earlier than Symonds was despatched over by Tessier’s sensible arms for a 3rd unanswered strive.
Prop Tanya Kalounivale barged over to belatedly get the Black Ferns on the board, however there was no reeling in Canada. De Goede cantered away for an additional strive off Pelletier’s scrumptious one-handed offload and her staff headed down the tunnel 24-7 to the nice.
It was not simply the scoreboard the place New Zealand had been down. That they had additionally conceded 5 penalties to Canada’s none by the break.
Tessier’s rating shortly after the restart was gleefully celebrated by Canada who sensed it was the one which put them out of attain.
They had been proper.
New Zealand huffed, puffed and improved within the second half, however had been by no means in a position to inject jeopardy again into the competition.
De Goede ate up the minutes clipping over a gimme of a penalty to take Canada again out past two transformed scores and will have created one other strive had she discovered wing Alysha Corrigan after a late intercept.
It didn’t matter within the closing reckoning.
The final rites on New Zealand’s title performed out to chants of ‘Canada, Canada’ and a backdrop of cell phone torches, earlier than the stadium DJ fired up hits by Canadian pop powerhouse Shania Twain in celebration.
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