Australia win record fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup
Jaime Chapman guided Australia to a historic 34-10 victory in the Women's Rugby League World Cup final on Sunday in Brisbane.
Tries: Chapman (3,15,29), Bent (6), Sergis (19), Upton (33) Conversions: Southwell (4,7,16,21,35)
Australia vs New Zealand Women's World Cup 5:10am Sunday 15th November
Jaime Chapman guided Australia to a historic 34-10 victory in the Women's Rugby League World Cup final on Sunday in Brisbane.
It was an emphatic win with the hosts running in six tries to the Kiwi Ferns two, to win their fourth-straight World Cup, the most of any team in the competition's history.
The Jillaroos once again asserted their dominance as the best team in the world, orchestrating a first-half blitz with Chapman scoring three tries.
Two of her tries came inside the first 15 minutes, with the Gold Coast Titans winger carrying three defenders with her as she crashed down for a brilliant try in the first three minutes.
Shaylee Bent took advantage of a gap in the New Zealand defence three minutes later, after Tarryn Aiken created a gap in the New Zealand line for the second-row, who sneaked through for Australia's second.
Chapman then took advantage of an overlap on the left flank, with the flying winger diving for the try line to touch down for her second. It was a spectacular finish.
Centre Jessica Sergis scored her 23rd try in 18 Tests with a 70m dash through the middle off an undetected forward pass.
Full-back Tamika Upton, who sat out the tournament four years ago with a calf injury, also scored a try and now has every team accolade in the game to her credit.
"As a centre, your job is to provide for your winger. Every single time she's there, she executes and finishes to such a high standard.
"The fact she was able to get that down with three girls on her is incredible. Once you get her strides going, she's very hard to stop.
"She's had a lot of stuff going on the last few years and she's really stepped up and owned that position."
"Mixed emotions - we obviously came with high hopes of playing really well," said New Zealand head coach Ricky Henry.
"It was a game of two halves and that's the frustrating part for us. We were able to get it back together in the second half but it was too little, too late.
"We didn't handle the speed of the game at the start. They got on top and from there, we couldn't regroup and get our rhythm."
