Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

How good was that rugby Saturday night? I could not take my eyes off it. And I’m not a rugby person, I haven’t really followed the Black Ferns season too closely, I only switched the game on when it was 14 nil to England and I thought oh here we go, it’s going to be a walk in the park for the English. You know, good on us for getting this far, but we can’t win this with the way they just walk us backwards over the line. But then... then the game turned... it was riveting. It was edge of the seat screaming from the sofa material. The very best kind of rugby. You could tell, even from home, that the atmosphere at Eden Park was electric. The crowds, the noise, the chanting, it was the perfect night. I was so happy for the Black Ferns – because they looked so happy, because they were underdogs going in, because they never saw their rugby dream going this far, and because they were actually doing it. But I was also thrilled for coach Wayne Smith – I mean what a way to finish up a career. He said it was “the most p