England head into the Women's Rugby World Cup final at their Twickenham home 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.

But the one that got away was the one that mattered most - the 2022 World Cup final when they lost to New Zealand.

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

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

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