England can 'dominate for long time' after winning World Cup - Mitchell

England "can predominate nan world for a agelong time" believes Red Roses caput coach John Mitchell aft his broadside hit Canada to triumph their 3rd World Cup title.

England swept speech Canada 33-13 astatine Allianz Stadium successful beforehand of 81,885 fans - a grounds for a women's rugby lucifer - 3 years aft losing to New Zealand successful nan last of nan erstwhile World Cup.

"I americium truthful pleased that these girls person realised their potential," said New Zealander Mitchell, who began coaching England aft nan World Cup successful 2023.

"This has been a very bully squad for a agelong time, but I deliberation they merit to beryllium termed a awesome broadside today. They're a phenomenal group."

England person won each 63 of their past 64 Test matches pinch their 1 conclusion being nan 2023 World Cup final.

"This squad has been nan champion successful nan world for 8 years but hasn't sewage nan occupation done [now nan team] yet has," added Mitchell.

England ne'er contemplated thing little than winning nan Women's World Cup successful a landmark last astatine Twickenham, says skipper Zoe Aldcroft.

"We had nary uncertainty successful our minds that we were not going to travel retired coming and do this job," she said.

"We dream we person inspired young girls retired location to spell and prime up a shot - immoderate benignant of ball, immoderate benignant of athletics - and do immoderate they want to successful nan world, because if you dream large capable you tin get it.

"We dreamed large capable today."

Fifteen years agone nan Women's World Cup last was played crossed nan roadworthy astatine Twickenham Stoop, Harlequins' location ground.

England mislaid to New Zealand successful that last successful beforehand of a crowd of 13,253 - a grounds attendance for a women's rugby lucifer successful England that stood for almost a decade.

"The astir affectional portion was coming disconnected nan autobus and conscionable seeing that group were opinionated successful nan stands," said Aldcroft.

"It really choked maine up a small spot and I was like, 'oh my goodness, this is it.'

"Coming retired to 82,000 group was unbelievable and we could perceive them supporting america nan full measurement done nan game.

"We're conscionable truthful grateful and thankful for nan opportunity to play successful beforehand of everyone today."

Asked if England, who extended their grounds winning streak to 33 Tests, were nan champion broadside successful women's rugby history, Aldcroft said: "It decidedly benignant of feels for illustration that."

Head coach Mitchell, who suffered semi-final conclusion erstwhile he led his autochthonal New Zealand astatine nan men's World Cup successful 2003 and was portion of England's men's backroom unit erstwhile they mislaid successful nan 2019 final, said nan consequences of perchance seeing different title gaffe distant haunted him successful nan build-up to nan final.

"I've tried to enactment present, but nan past jumped into my caput and nan early jumped into my caput arsenic well. I gave myself a fewer uppercuts and tried to enactment present," he said.

"It does create emotions and feelings that are unusual, particularly erstwhile you get to a constituent wherever nan opportunity is presented for america to do nan job.

"I person now been portion of bringing closure to a World Cup, which is very fulfilling."

The 61-year-old said triumph was impervious of nan value of England's tone and togetherness arsenic overmuch arsenic their skills connected nan pitch.

"We ever knew that we were going to beryllium bully astatine nan rugby, but yet our civilization won," he said.

"All 32 players - each nan unit - brought into really we want to, what we value, and those values are guiding america to this point.

"I sewage retired of nan girls' measurement this week. They conscionable needed to decorativeness what we started, and they surely did that."

England scrum-half Natasha Hunt said nan standard of nan triumph and nan juncture was "unimaginable".

Hunt, 36, is simply a seasoned of England's astir caller World Cup triumph successful 2014 and was controversially near retired of nan squad for nan 2022 tournament.

"I don't deliberation immoderate of america could person imagined it would person been for illustration this," she said.

"I americium truthful proud of nan girls. I dream this stays for women's rugby."

Abbie Ward, who scored England's 5th and last try, said nan triumph was an accomplishment for nan existent squad alternatively than redemption for nan upset by New Zealand astatine Eden Park successful nan last of nan erstwhile tournament.

"The past last loss, that was then," she said.

"This is simply a caller team. This is simply a caller section of women's rugby. It wasn't astir righting wrongs. This is our small moment.

"This squad has been special. What we've done has been special. The support, nan crowd, nan friends and family involved... it's been magical."

Centre Meg Jones, who missed retired connected nan world subordinate of nan twelvemonth grant to Canada's Sophie de Goede, praised England's resilience.

"This crippled doesn't attraction astir adversity. It conscionable cares astir nan repeated efforts you put in," she said.

"It's crazy. You only person to look astatine nan Six Nations and really we've grown. It's astonishing really acold we've come. Women's athletics is connected a high. Let's support it there."

England's players will observe pinch nan nationalist astatine a free arena astatine Battersea Power Station connected Sunday from 14:00 BST.