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    Reflections ON A CUP

    Dec 07, 2022 4 minutes

    RIKKI SWANNELL

    I doubted. Even though I make much of my living talking and writing about women’s rugby, I doubted it would turn out like this. I knew the Black Ferns had improved but I wasn’t convinced they’d truly closed the gap to England and France. I knew the same people who always support women and women’s sport would show up, but I didn’t think the rest of New Zealand would. I’ve been around too long and seen people not turn up time and again.

    I’ve never been so happy to be wrong.

    Working on a World Cup at home is a bit of a strange thing. You finish a match day, full of the buzz and adrenaline that comes with being part of a

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