Final of the Women's Rugby World Cup: Lightning Ellie Kildune, Dynamic Meg Jones, Unique Hannah Botterman – A team of Red Roses stars | Rugby Union News

The Red Roses of England are looking to finish 11 years of injury in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday in Twickenham, while their team of stars will face Canada in the tournament final.

Since 2014, England has not raised the highest distinction in women's rugby, and only twice in the history of nine editions dating back to 1991 have been victorious.

In this time, the red roses made eight finals, losing six. Many injuries and disappointment were built along the way, no more three years ago at Eden Park when a highly infreated England team underwent a scary defeat of 34-31 against New Zealand.

The current side of John Mitchell is perhaps the strongest of all time, stacked with quality and depth through the team.

KILDUNNE: previous defeats in the world final do not mean anything

The world player of the year 2024 Ellie Kildune Continue to light all terrain it takes, having a supreme rhythm and a race capacity. She is also a player of “moments”, seeming to get up and produce at the most critical moments of the tests.

In the semi-finals of the England World Cup against France, a nervous and nervous performance was opened twice by exaling long-range Kildunne trials. Offers her space and she is fatal.

For its part, Kildunne insisted this week that the previous finals of the World Cup are not relevant to England while they are preparing for Saturday.

“It's a different tournament, we are a different team and we are faced with a different opposition,” said the 26 -year -old.

“It is a final of the World Cup and you do not prepare for a final of the World Cup last week – you are preparing in the past three years. There is nothing more than we can do to be prepared.

“Everyone wants to be in this place and now we are there. Everything we have done and everything we learned have led to this point.

“We just have to support ourselves, trust the process in which we have been and have confidence that when this whistle, everything that goes will happen.

“The environment is incredible, we support ourselves and there is a link in the team like no environment or team of which I was part. There is no one else that I prefer to take the ground that this team from England.

“There is no secret. I am part of a very, very good team and these are people who put me in gaps. If the gap is not there, I will put someone else.

“The final is n ° 1 vs n ° 2 in the world and will be a good surveillance for anyone who wants to enter rugby for the first time or if you are an experienced observer.”

Jones: our defense will win the World Cup

As if to signify the force of England, their background line also contains a current nomine of world player of the year in an exceptional center Meg Jones.

The midfielder born in Cardiff is a rugby phenomenon in that it is talented to almost all facets of sport at a high level.

A shiny plateau, a superb threat of breakdown, a ball carrier in teak-ugly, a pacy runner and a scorer. Jones was undoubtedly the player of this tournament.

The astonishing upheaval of Canada to New Zealand has set up an intriguing main event in Twickenham, but Jones says that they will face a defense which was under tension by performing 200 plated and limiting France to three trials.

“This defensive change we summarizes because we have so much heart and desire in this team. The number of plates shows how much we want to put our body at stake,” said Jones.

“I asked the girls one thing and it was to choose how much you are going to hit and choose how you will inspire the person next to you. It is always important for us.

“Some of the plated we put were exceptional from girls. We were relentless and that's exactly what we want to show.

“We have a lot of heart, a lot of passion and we want to carry our hearts on our sleeve as much as possible.

“We can gain a lot of confidence from our defensive sets because I think the defense will win from the American championships.

“We are going to keep the ball as much as possible, but we can also feel confident not to have the ball.”

Botterman a unique weapon for red roses

Among a flood front pack of real quality, the head loose Hannah Botterman may have stood out the most for England.

The main weapon of Red Roses Roses This World Cup was their still destructive melee, the opponents walking back for huge penalty victories, territory gains and momentum. It is a region, a prosperous bootterman.

Allied with this, Botterman has demonstrated a unique capacity as a large row before to excel in the breakdown, winning a burst of jackal penalties in recent weeks.

In addition, the 26 -year -old is a fantastic ball carrier filled with dynamism, bite and physicality. Having missed the quarterfinals of England against Scotland due to a rear spasm, Botterman put in shape and drawn in victory in the semi-finals against France.

“Happy players tend to play their best rugby,” says Botterman. “From Mitch [head coach John Mitchell] Has he entered, he really put it at the forefront.

“It is [driving opposing packs back in a scrum] One of the best feelings of rugby. He can't really be explained without explanation.

“You don't go into each melee thinking that you are going to get something, but we appreciate that. These kinds of battles are where you see the best – or the worst – people.

“The group in which we are, in particular the first row, the competition is so high. This brings us the best.

“We just have to go there and be the best possible.”

What is the next step?

The Red Roses of England welcome Canada during the 2025 women's rugby world cup final in Twickenham on Saturday September 27 (4 p.m. the kick -off).

France will face the reigning champions in New Zealand earlier the same day in the bronze final in Twickenham (12:30 p.m.).