England Women find heartbreak at end of road as sevens focus returns | Ian Malin

New Zealand’s Black Ferns proved too good in the Rugby World Cup final and, with the 15-a-side players’ contracts up in favour of the Olympic format of sevens, it is all changeIt had all the drama of the women’s cricket final at Lord’s last month. But this time there was no happy ending for England. The Red Roses learned New Zealand can always spoil that beauty with plenty of thorns of their own. For the fourth time the Black Ferns have overcome England in a World Cup final.England’s powerful pack were more than a match for New Zealand and their wing Lydia Thompson scored a brilliant second-ha…