When England's Red Roses players are asked what their key motivators are ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup final this Saturday, their 2022 defeat at Eden Park is nearly always referenced.

If not for slipping to defeat in that the World Cup final to hosts New Zealand 34-31 while huge favourites, England's wait for the crown wouldn't be at 11 years and their staggering string of victories would be unbroken since 2019, instead of at 62 wins in 63 matches.

But that 2022 World Cup stings for Canada, also.

The splinter in Canada's finger is losing the semi-final to England 26-19 in Auckland at that tournament. Canada had England on the rack but couldn't deliver the coup de grâce. The pain and frustration was all over the face of then-captain Sophie de Goede.

"There was no difference in ta

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