LONDON :England head into Saturday's Women's Rugby World Cup final against Canada with a choice of historical statistics to lean on - a recent form line that makes them hot favourites, but a dismal finals record that will give their rivals real belief.

England are on a world record run of 32 successive wins and since 2019 they have won an incredible 62 of 63 games. However, the one that got away was the one that mattered most - the 2022 World Cup final when they lost to New Zealand.

That meant that they had lost five of the six successive finals they reached from 2002 - all five to the Black Ferns. The one that went their way was the 21-9 win over Canada in 2014 that brought their second title, following 1994.

There are 14 players in Saturday's matchday 23 who were involved in the 2022

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