This rugby rivalry is EXPLOSIVE 💥 | New Zealand v England | Highlights | WXV 1

Watch the highlights as England and New Zealand faced off in a fiery WXV 1 match that further cemented their rivalry in the rugby history books!

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00:00:00 - Match Start by New Zealand
00:00:10 - Try by Kaipo Olsen-Baker
00:00:27 - Try by Abby Dow
00:01:20 - Try by Jess Breach
00:01:42 - Try by Ellie Kildunne
00:02:26 - Try by Ayesha Leti-l'iga
00:03:19 - Second Try by Ellie Kildunne
00:04:11 - Second Try by Abby Dow
00:04:58 - Try by Natasha Hunt
00:05:29 - Second Try by Jess Breach
00:06:07 - Try by Georgia Ponsonby
00:06:29 - Try by Maia Roos
00:07:15 - Third Try by Jess Breach
00:07:33 - Try by Zoe Harrison
00:07:55 - Try by Maama Vaipulu
00:08:14 - Match End by New Zealand

[stevehayward]

Wonderful rugby played by England against a strong NZ team. Onwards and upwards 👏👏

[DJCam]

That second Abby Dow try is pure class...I ain't the biggest fan of women's rugby but there's no rugby fan that could miss the exceptional skill execution of that backline to get it down the line

[darthbuzz]

Well done again Red Roses, you are amazing.

[lost_boy]

It was a great match! New Zealand have improved a lot since the last meeting, and showed some great skill. Awesome to see Breach finally get some good recognition for her next-level work-rate (she was everywhere!), plus of course 3 tidy tries and 2 try-assists. She really does need to work on her defense tho, missed a few crucial tackles but overall a great performance from the speedster.

Aitchison certainly didn't have the best of games, but we know from her previous form (especially in last year's WXV) that she is ordinarily a world-class player... seems to me that something has knocked her confidence? Hopefully she gets it back soon!

[petrolhead]

If Canada can’t be bothered to promote the series, why bother? These ladies are superb athletes and all the matches have been cracking yet nobody’s bothered to turn up. A disgrace and a disservice to the women. Great game, ladies!

[peterdavey]

God the tackles were brutal, was a delight to see the roses on such form. Just rewards for all the hard work.

[CalTheKiwi]

Abbi Dow has watched Portia Woodman’s fend-off, and got it down pat.

[Kratos-]

England women are on a completely different level to all the other teams in women’s rugby. I mean New Zealand are Englands closest rivals yet still get beat pretty heavily.

[brynleyhall]

I think that the ladies games are far more entertaining and skilful than the men’s game. Well done ladies.

[raybenstead]

Such a shame that the stadiums were almost empty. These women regardless of what nation they are from deserves much better. Wonder how many will turn up for Canada V Red Roses ?

[davewright]

they (both teams really, although i do love the roses )are absolutely awesome .great to watch . impressive

[-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

Some real quality handling and support running from the English backline. Hours of training paying off against an obdurate and very physical Black ferns side. Best game of the tournament so far.
As an aside, the lack of promotion of a world level tournament and the subsequent poor attendance of the Canadian public should certainly lead to someone losing their job. Here are a collection of professional athletes being administered by rank amateurs.

[magpieasm]

Why does World Rugby geo-block countries from watching these highlights? Full of words about promoting the game, but restricting access to clips like this? Fortunately, I had my VPN on when looking for the highlights; without that, I wouldn't even know this clip exists.

[Breton-furieux]

Les femmes anglaises dominent actuellement le rugby mondial, elles sont vraiment très impressionnantes, avec un niveau technique égal aux hommes.

[PowhiroMus]

Women's rugby is so good, so good to watch. so entertaining!
As a Kiwi traitor to the All Blacks, I'd far rather watch the Black Ferns play as the women seem to better embody what the sport of rugby union is all about, the same skills, the same determination but the smiles and fun too in playing the sport they love.
Win or lose, what a great game, what a great day!

[LeornianCyng]

Questions have to be asked about this. World Rugby is trying to lead the way in making Rugby Union equal. In 2021 made it clear that the RWC in both XV and VII would be gender equal especially in name, it’s know as the RWC. In 2023 the SVNS series is now fully gender equal including pay. Going back to the XV game. On the men’s side The All Blacks and The Springboks are the best with 7 RWC titles between them. On the women’s side The Black Ferns and The Red Roses are the best and have 8 RWC titles between them. So just scratching my head trying to understand why the two of the four best teams in all of World Rugby are playing a test in a field in a country that clearly can’t be bothered about Rugby, when just weeks ago when they played in front of 60, 000 people at Twickenham with a professional broadcast. Not to mention the World Cup Final which sold out Eden Park. We also just witnessed 200, 000 people pack out the Stad de France (70, 000 every day for 3 days) to watch the the women’s tournament for Rugby at the Olympics.

[chessman]

No 11 for NZ needs to learn how to tackle. Leaking easy tries.

[dmoore]

What a complete faff on just to try and find the time of the match and where to watch it on TV. I was googling away and results were coming up with matches played years ago and repeatedly having to look on the BBC iplayer because the match itself only popped up for selection very late on. I would guess a lot of people would have given up? The players deserve better than this.

[petelosuaniu]

Great match from England especially the back three. However, Vahaakolo, Tui and Holmes missed straight up one on one tackles and charged down kicks for five of those (soft) tries. Terrible defending

[MARTINA-gctq]

Can’t someone teach Breach how to tackle?