The Cup final
saw the New Zealand team playing excellent rugby. They scored five first
half tries, including three of them by Vanessa Cootes.
The tournaments
leading points scorer, center Annaleah Rush, finished with 73 points and
was alos named player of the tournament.
Point Scorers
Farah Palmer:
1 try |
Jennifer
Crawford: 1 try |
Annaleah
Rush: 1 try, 2 conv |
Diane Schnapp:
1 try |
Regina Sheck:
1 try |
Jos Bergmann:
1 conv |
Louisa Wall:
1try |
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Vanessa Cootes:
4tries |
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Referee Ed
Morrison (England)
Teams
New Zealand
15-Tammi Wilson 14-Vanessa Cootes 13-Annaleah
Rush
11-Louisa Wall 12-Suzie Shortland 10-Anna Richards
9-Monique Hirovanaa 8-Rochelle Martin 7-Davida White 5-Fiona Richards 4-Fiona
King 6-Melodie Robinson 3-Regina Sheck 2-Farah Palmer (C) 1-Tracey Waters
United States
1-Meredith Ottens 2-Stacy Boyle 3-Mary
Anne Sorensen
6-Kim Kalei 4-Nancy Fitz 5-Alex Williams 7-Diane Schnapp
8-Barbara Bond 9-Lisa Rowe 10-Jos Bergmann 11-Kim Cyganik 12-Amy westerman
13-Patty Jervey 14-Krista McFarren 15-Jen Crawford (C)
Replacements New Zealand:
Diane Kahura for #11, Exia Shelford for
#13, Kellie Kiwi for #12, Jacinta Neilson for #7, Brigitta
Lotuiiga for #6, Emma Thomas for #3, Toni Konui for #8
Replacements USA: Shalanda
Baker for # 14, Erina Queen for #8,
Jan Renne for #5, Tricia Turton for #1, Elizabeth Kirk for #3
The Black
Ferns showed domination over the Americans throughout the match, scoring
eight tries and two conversions. The American team, winners in 1991, could
not contain Cootes and her opposite wing Louisa 'Lomu' Wall. They show
why New Zealand is a great Rugby nation, with their passion, power, teamwork,
and finesse. Player of the Match: Vanessa Cootes (New Zealand).
3th/4th Place Results
England vs Canada
May 16th 1998
Final
Score: 81-15
Point Scorers
Nicky Brown,
Emma Mitchell, JaneMolyneux, Kate Knight, Joanne Yap: 1 try |
Sarah Hall.
Josee Lacasse: 1 try |
Suzie Appleby,
Paula George: 2tries |
Moira Shiels:
1 conv, 1 pen |
Sue Day:
4tries |
|
Giselle Pragnell:3
conv |
|
Claire Frost:
5 conv |
|
Referee David
Gillet (France)
Teams
England:
15-Sue Day 14-Jayne Molyneux 13-Paula
George 11-Nicky Brown 12-Kate Knight 10-Suzie Appleby 9-Emma Mitchell (C)
8-Claire Frost 7-George Stevens 5-Linda Uttley 4-Claire Green 6-Janis Ross
3-Maxine Edwards 2-Nicola Ponsford 1-Jenny Smith
Canada:
1-Sarah Hall 2-Maura Shiels 3-Josee
Lacasse 6-Terry Denike 4-Julie Hickey 5-Lee Fairclough 7-Joanne Gardner
8-Maureen MacMahon
9-Natascha Wesch 10-Annette Darby 11-Lynne Leclair (C) 12-Gina Minutillo
13-Sherri Sparling 14-Julie Foster 15-Bethany Johnston
Replacements England:
Janice Byford for #1, Joanne Poore for #2,
Terri Siwek for #5, Sarah Roberson for #8, Joanne Yapp for #9,
Giselle Prangnell for #10, Pip Spivey for #14
Replacements Canada:
Christy Walsh for #10, Judith Begin for #9,
Janet Burell for #11, Heather Wilson for #8, Gill Florence for
#6, Sue Asprey for #7
England, 1994
winners of the World Cup regained some composure from their semi final
loss to New Zealand, to finish third beating Canada by a whopping 81-15.
Player of the Match: Paula George (England).
World
Cup 1998 Results - Plate
5th/6th Place Results
Australia vs Scotland
May 16th 1998
Final
Score: 25-15
Point Scorers
Tanya Osborne:
1 try |
Gill Cameron,
Denise Fairbain, Jenni Sheerin: 1 try |
Sharon O
Kane: 2 tries |
|
Perise Lli:
2 conv, 2 pen
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Referee Huw
Lewis (Wales)
Teams
Australia:
15-Naomi Roberts 14-Tanya Osborne 13-Bronwyn
Calvert
11-Sharon O'Kane 12-Tui Ormsby 10-Perise Lli 9-Kerri Ferris 8-Nicole Wickert
(C) 7-Selena Worsley 5-Lisa-Jane Dwan 4-Mieke Gladwin 6-Bronnie 3-Pearl
Palalalii 2-Bronwyn Hart 1-Melissa Latu| Mackintosh
Scotland:
1-Karen Findlay 2-Ali MacKenzie 3-Alison
Christie 6-Jayne Afseth 4-Lee Cockburn 5-Gill Cameron 7-Jenni Sheerin 8-Donna
Kennedy 9-Louise Blamire 10-Sarah Higgins 11-Pogo Paterson 12-Rimma Lewis
13-Kim Littlejohn (C) 14-Denise Fairbairn 15-Alison McGrandles
Replacements Australia:
Helen Theunissen for #9, Rebecca Wakin
for #3, Ronnie May for #4
Replacements Scotland:
Michelle Cave for #10, Claire Herriot for
#15, Beth MacLeod for #7, Irene Wilson for #4, Julie Taylor for
#1, Elizabeth Allsop for #3, Sheila Scott for #2
Scotland was
first to score in this tough game for the plate, before Australia came
back to a 13-10 half-time lead. The Aussies sealed the game in the second
half by scoring two more tries. Player of the Match: Jayne Afseth (Scotland).
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