So how did the Black Ferns win the Rugby World Cup? | World Cup 2021 Analysis 

Squidge, your analysis is not only important because it is so excellent, it is also important because you value authenticity and integrity and equity above views. Massive respect.

I’m a Kiwi, so biased, but felt genuinely emotional at your final wrap up! Thanks Squidge for your excellent coverage and insights as always. 🥰

I said this just after the final whistle, and I haven't changed my mind. This final was probably the best RWC final I've ever seen. What a game. Thank you Squidge 👍

That final scene is the most uplifting, wholesome and optimistic thing I've ever seen. What a nation

Thank you for the great video analysis and emotional plea for women rugby. Well done Black Ferns and Red Roses. They were phenomenal. A quick congratulations to France, les Bleues, for an uncompromising third place. Well done to all other teams and amateur players who had the courage to face professional players. Well done to New Zealand for such an impressive tournament organization. I have watched all 6 games of France live, as early as 3:30 am. And 3 other games, including this outstanding final game.

On an unrelated note, I love the kid holding up Ruby Tui's book like it's a banner at 17:49. You cant pay for that sort of publicity.

I think I'll keep coming back to Ruby Tui directing the crowd to tutere mai ngā Iwi as one of the most important scenes for me. We can be quiet people who often dismiss our culture, but that crowd singing together for the girls is Aotearoa and damn it brings a tear to my eye

I was emotional all the way through this game, and your wrapup just brought it all home again. The Black Ferns asking 'What else do we need to do?' really hit me. About time one of the most successful teams from NZ get the recognition they so truly deserve. Onwards and upwards!

Thankyou squidge, for me you are singlehandedly responsible for my new interest in women's rugby. Rugby is very complicated, keeping up to date with the mens team, their play styles, player match-ups, team balance etc. It all feels like a life long hobby, you have to watch every tournament and see a teams weaknesses and how they unearth new players etc. Your work makes that so much more accessible and the dedication to both the mens and womens game is what makes your channel so special. You're one of the first people to give both equal promotion, praise and analysis and I am so grateful that you provide a platform like this.

Waited all week for this one. Thanks for covering everything!

So glad u ended with Ruby's sing a long! For a NZ crowd to sing is a sensation, be good if tht gets used throughout games in future to lift the home team...ala the mighty Welsh lungs:)

i love you squidge

Thank you Squidge for having covered this amazing rugby event ! What a world cup !

Fantastic game, and an equally great summary! I felt for England - we NZers know the pain of having our team be dominant for a long period (...well, we used to!) without being able to bring home the silverware we wanted most (see 1991-2010). The Roses always had the most to lose from that game, and that added pressure can't have helped.

Loved the editing...especially splicing in a couple of Black Ferns' players from an earlier side and the ad lib crowd singing.....great analysis and well worth the wait.

The Balls of Ruby Tui to start that chant at the end. Girl is fearless 😂

what a commentary, especially the final bit man! it moved me.

Take a good break Squidge, (but first please do Italy Australia)

Squidge Rugby is my favorite rugby channel across all media and platforms. My go-to for games at the other end of the world. My go to for an independent view of New Zealand rugby and alternative to kiwi on kiwi chest thumping. I used to say All Black rugby but with the Black Ferns Red Roses playing the greatest test of Eden Park, I say New Zealand rugby. Thank you for all your Women's World Cup videos that introduced me to all the other great and amazing players wearing all these different jersies. Without that I would have known only the black ones. Many thanks for the finest rugby commentary, analysis and entertainment on the planet. Kia Ora Squidge.

My wife and I were at the game that nite , it was a awesome atmosphere, England were amazing, but our girls stuck in there to the end , I will never forget that atmosphere was out the gate , and I will say the difference on watching woman play to men being at the game was the girls feeding of the crowd, and you feel a connection with then So proud of our black ferns , and hats of to England as well.

I've never teared up watching rugby before but this game got that emotion out of me.

Thank you for this brilliant analysis but also through your work this entire tournament, it's so appreciated! Unbelievably great final (the game, the crowd, the spectacle) to top off a monumental world cup for women's rugby. Respect to you for consistency in calling out how horrendously unions treat their female players, no doubt that's contributing to the change we're seeing. Cannot wait for more rugby from this channel, but do take care of yourself!

It was indeed the best rugby match I've ever seen. Absolutely incredible from both sides. The Red Roses were clearly the better side, but being down to 14 players against the second best team in the world at home, was just 3 points too far for them to travel. My heart goes out to the Roses. You could see how exhausted they were approaching the final lineout having had to have worked so hard to cover the missing player. They'd lost the lineout before the ball was thrown. Congrats to the Black Ferns though, they had an impressive tournament, played some sublime rugby and showed the world just what the women's game can produce. Roll on 2025

Wow! Review, analysis, inspiration!! That was great review Squidge, got me a lil chocked up at the end there! Was a double banger win, Womens rugby as well as the Black Ferns!! Cheehoo!!

Deserved red card massively changed England's fortunes😭 Good win for NZ. Great Rugby final. Great Analysis. Hope countries make their respective teams full time professionals. Praying to see the red Roses in the 2025 Final versus New Zealand. Really need to break this hoodoo.

Hey Squidge, thanks for opening my eyes to women's rugby. This has been an excellent tournament, I've watched some of the best games of rugby that I've ever seen, and it would probably have passed me by if not for your videos. Great work!

As gutted as I am to see the Red Roses lose the better team on the day won and a sold out Eden Park seeing them win will do wonders for the sport. Also I can't deny this sets up the 2025 world cup quite nicely with it being in England

You failed to mention the irony of English fans claiming the Black ferns won because of the red card when NZ has been pushing for a 20min red card for years now. Was the card red-yes every day of the week based on consistency of those calls. Was there intent involved- she plenty of time to adjust her height but unlikely. Was it fair and in the best interests of the players and the game that ENG had to play a final for 60mins-aboslultey not. Does this red card detract away from what was an amazing final and ocasion for womens Rugby-Absolutely.

The highlight from the Women's World Cup was the lack of players pretending to be injured to give their team a breather like we see all the goddamn time with South Africa and a lot of European sides, it's great to have players keen to actually play.

Absolutely spot on with your analysis. The red card significantly affected the English game plan . Well spotted also with the timing around the English throw in. The Black Ferns were up against a juggernaut and it was all these elements that amounted to an improbable victory for the Kiwis. To defend the inevitable lineout/maul/try right at the death made this a game for the ages. . Thanks for helping us all understand what the hell happened.

That sing a long at the end was brilliant

They play boring rugby typical pommie stuff

I really appreciate the analysis you’ve done during the World Cup Squidge. I’ve been following Women’s Rugby for years now and I’m so happy to see more and more people realising how good the rugby is.

As a Red Roses fan, I hated the result initially, but the Black Ferns were wonderful and I'm almost pleased they won now. Great analysis, Sir, and what an advert for Rugby and for women's sport. The athleticism and gameplay of both teams was incredible.

I love it when fun good rugby beats mauls

Where is the winning try in this video?? That offload from the NZ centre was the play of the game.

Stacey Fluhler to Emily Scarrett: "these are not the droids you're looking for"

Red card took out Portia Woodman WORTH 10 POINTS she is top scorer¡!!?!

One important side effect of this world cup- now everyone knows who Ruby Tui is

Watching the analysis of the Abbie Ward stolen lineout is both brilliant and utterly painful 😭😭😭

Would England have won with 15 players on the field - Probably, Could England have won it with 14 - Yes. Coulda, woulda shouldas don't count. The tackling technique of just one player at one critical moment changed the momentum and course of the game. Lesson: in the next 5 years keep doing the same but learn to tackle

You can write your post script analysis anyway you won't after the fact, it's irrelevant, the fact is ,England lost, NZ won & are now the world champions, as you said yourself @ the start of your prematch analysis, England went out with their game plan stuck in their heads ,NZ had the world cup stuck in their hands, now that's a fact

Guess they shouldn't have concussed our best attacking threat so badly she can't even remember the game then, ey?

I was there that day and just wow it has to have been the best game of rugby I've ever seen. on the train home I was thinking 'can't ait for squidges analysis' 😁

Why did England go for the line out to create a rolling maul instead of the quick tap then create the rolling maul they probably would have scored the winning try 🤔 🤣

What a fabulous summary and the analysis of the final. Well put together and a great finish with Ruby Tui making the crowd singing Māori and Samoan songs. Never seen a rugby player done that before as men are all serious. Kapai

Don't forget when it was 14 on 14 NZ scored a try on the same side and outscored England as for the start it's nothing new the Black ferns start slow against quality sides look at Australia and France they were 17-0 and 10-0 up before the Black ferns scored

This video seems pretty one sided to focus on what England did wrong without giving due credit to what NZ did right to win the game with their expansive attacking game.

Great analysis. Only thing I would say is that on the front ball, the trigger is the jumper not that thrower. Meaning that the timing being different was because of the jumper being slower not the hooker

Should have showed Stacey's offload - that was a great try

England's play of rugby sets women's rugby back 30 odd years, so very uninspiring do they know they have a back line, that red card didn't do a damn thing because that women only gets used on defense

High quality analysis like this only adds to the legacy of an instant classic of a game.

He summed up what the win meant for womens 🏉

Would’ve loved to see Squidge’s analysis of the lead-up to Fluhler’s epic game-winning offload

...tatou tatou e!

Love your content Squidge! The wrap up brings tears to the eyes.

It’s great analysis but I’m an England fan and I’m still in turmoil. We have been building for this for five years and we’re back at square one: second best team in the world, arrrrh!

Good video. The Roses played so well most of the time and with 14 players. The Ferns had enough talent to exploit this and like you said crack the code..

IMHO because NZ had one more player for most of the games due to referee inconsistent decisions, England player red carded for (i agree) high tackle and head to head contact, yet NZ player only yellow card for high tackle and head to head contact roll on the NZ trolls

Did someone not tell the BFs the script says "England wins the RWC" cause they've won 20, 30 or 40 in a row and the 🏆 was basically locked away for 4yrs HOW RUDE !!! Those BFs party 💩 👎👎😞

Cokayne and smuggle, that’s a joke I can get behind

Amazing both Men's and Women's finals were heavily influenced by a red card. Sooner it goes to 20 min a player replaced the better.

Wow, 6 (from 7) rugby world cups for nz women now i believe. And they have only this year gone semi pro!. Outstanding fearless play to run from as many opportunities as possible, great for the game to see running rugbyvprevail over 1 dimensional pushovers which frankly are the bain of the sport. Eng deserves respect for their winning streak as they showed it a hard thing to combat. Lets hope other teams follow nz lead and promote running the ball.

Tearing up God Damn

The fact the next World Cup is in England should help build the sport nicely.

It's tough being a runner up and it definitely was a game of ups and downs, triumphs and troughs, so exciting until the last play of the dice when our kiwi girls won, well done the Black Ferns!!

Day 93 of asking you to do a So How did the Stormers win the URC?

In the end it came down to the Auckland spectators and the legendary mana of Eden Park. This Park has its own spirit it is NZ hard, we will it, trust it and rely on it. The whine new this and responded. It has our spirit.

The second the ball went out from that penalty at the end you knew it wasn't gonna work out. It felt like a bad decision the second it was made

your pronunciation of maori and pasifica names is better than most kiwis'. ka pai!

Guts and grunt on attack and defence. Simple rugby basics.

Lydia Thompson vs Potia Woodman top in all scorer in. ????!!!

Black ferns won because France missed the penalty kick,very simple.

excellent

Thanks for giving such great coverage to womens sport :)

I stand by the fact that women's rugby is perfect the sport without the general girth and weight that is killing the mens game. The technical part is the same but you get less "dominant" tackles and players use agility and smarts to get through a defence

Holy Moly your videos are good!

New mic is great btw

How?... by playing good to watch rugby... 15 women rugby... that's how (not necessarily why).

In all your knowledge, in all your wonderful analysis, how is that not throwing the lift across? Shambles.

I’m not crying … you’re crying. 😢

'Twas a real ding-dong battle with both teams giving everything possible. While gutted for the Red Roses, you can't begrudge the Silver Ferns their success. And again, thanks to Squidgy for making sense of it all!

I'm probably going to sound like I'm whingeing, but is it a thing to test viewer's reflexes on the space bar / mouse by flashing texts impossible to read within the time it is on screen? Even getting the correct frame to pause on is a challenge. Also appreciated how you labelled the 'pods' (by numbering them) in your previous videos so felt a little disappointed you didn't do so here when you called out the formations. Apart from that, totally mirror @apartclassic comment.

Thank you Squidge for your intelligent, brilliant, enlightening, well-thought-out, funny, entertaining, analysis. Compared to some rugby channels on here (who shall remain unnamed) you are a breath of fresh air!! Bravo that man!

yayyyyyyyyy

For the last segment of the game it was 14 v 14 and although you had a player red carded the result of that clash saw the Black Ferns most try scorer side lined.. The last play of the game saw the same number of players in the line out. NZ responded with the steal of the game against England’s most potent attack. An amazing game with both teams adapting tactics to suit the play !

Awesome review! I've gone back and viewed all your reviews for the RWC21

Good video man. What game will you cover next and why will it be France vs SA (mens autumn nations)?

Really liked your analysis of how massive the impact of the red card was. The pundits on TV just didn’t want to talk about it, presumably for fear of being accused of being overly critical of the player. All they needed to say was ‘these things happen in rugby, but it was tragic that it happened to England in this game of all games’. But it became an elephant in the room and made them look odd by not addressing the big factor.

All England had was the maul

So Will is a 0.8x speed version of Robbie. Excellent video.

Damn, how do you make me so emotional talking about rugby ! 🥲

By beating everyone

I only watched the game because I saw your pre-game analysis - which by the way I think was spot on. Playing Cleall and Kabeya from the start would have also meant that two of the best rugby players in the world, Packer and Hunter, coming off the bench to finish off the game. Having Sarah Hunter's experience in the final 30 minutes could have been the difference between losing and winning a game where the margins were so fine.

5 years of intense training and Lydia Thompson doesn't know how to tackle safely? She literally knocked Portia Woodman out. They interviewed Portia the next day and she couldn't even remember being at the game, that's how bad her concussion was.

The red card helped! An accident but never the less it’s the rules. Tackle low. Proud kiwi God was watching over us🎉

Six world cup

The first host nation to win a RWC too. Just goes to show how incredibly amazing winning 5 RWC titles on foreign soil was. What a feeling. Thank you Black Ferns.

New mic sounds great! Just needs a pop shield.

Nice