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England women won the season’s penultimate World Rugby Sevens Series in Canada
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A dominant second-half performance saw them defeat champions New Zealand 31-14
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Australia had won all three of the season’s previous tournaments
England have overpowered the New Zealand women’s Sevens team to win 31-14 in the Cup final of the Langford Sevens in Canada.
“We really are building. We’ve gone away and worked really hard and that was the product of it,” said England captain Emily Scarratt.
“We knew it would be a tough game but that if we played to our style we could win. We’re tired but we are very happy.”
Ireland women finished 11th by beating Japan 12-5, but remain bottom of the 12-team standings.
New Zealand are second with 64 points, 12 behind Australia, but are unlikely to catch the leaders.
Should New Zealand win the next tournament, Australia would have to finish eighth or lower for them to top the rankings.
The final tournament of the season takes place in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand on 28-29 May.