LONDON ¨C Tournament host England heads into the Women¡¯s Rugby World Cup as the strong favorite, but is under huge pressure to end more than a decade of disappointment in the sport¡¯s showpiece event.
The Red Roses have lost only once in their past 58 matches ¡ª a defeat by New Zealand in the COVID-delayed 2022 World Cup final.
England, however, has finished runners-up in five of the last six World Cup finals to New Zealand, with the 2014 edition providing its most recent global 15-a-side title.
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