The Rugby World Cup final at a sold out Eden Park is a fitting finale, with the top two ranked teams reaching the title decider, but who is under the most pressure?
Lydia Thompson of England scores a try during the Women's Rugby World Cup match between Fiji and England at Eden Park. Photo: Aaron Gillions / www.photosport.nz
It will be a contrast of styles between the Black Ferns and England, with the former attempting to run the Red Roses ragged, while England will try and suffocate New Zealand with set piece dominance and a tactical kicking game.
England are favourites to take the crown. Their semi-final triumph over Canada was their 30th straight victory and they're now one win from the World Cup title.
England wing Lydia Thompson was part of the team that lost the 2017 World Cup final to the Black Ferns and she's envisioned lifting the trophy tomorrow night in Auckland.
"To make a World Cup final is a huge honour. We're all extremely grateful to be in this position. This is all of our dream.
"It's hard to find the right words but, this isn't just an overnight piece of work, this is long term for a lot of us. If we do win or we don't win, as long as we've done the best job we could, hopefully young women are inspired to keep pushing themselves to achieve their dreams.
"Obviously, it would be awesome to win the World Cup. But, hopefully we're doing our jobs by being resilient, continuing to turn up, keep putting good rugby out there and representing the Red Roses."
The bookies have envisioned them winning too, and Rugby Pass analyst Ben Smith agrees England deserve to be favourites.
"The England pack is just phenomenal. They're incredibly experienced and compared to the test caps that the Black Ferns have, well, there really is no comparison.
"If the Black Ferns get stuck in this game where it just goes from set piece to set piece and England can milk penalties and it's just a slow grind and the pace of the game never picks up, that's the worst possible recipe for New Zealand."
England have won 30 straight tests and beat the Black Ferns twice last year.
However, Smith believes the Red Roses are heading into unchartered territory at a sold out Eden Park.
"You're talking about playing the home nation, in front of a sellout crowd at the home of New Zealand rugby, Eden Park.
"England have started slow in most of the games during the tournament, so if the Black Ferns hit them with two tries early, all of sudden Eden Park is going to be rocking and all of sudden England are in a hole."
England wing Thompson concedes they mustn't allow that to happen but she's confident the weight of expectation won't affect her side.
"We've all had to face pressures along the way to get into this room and to be part of this team. We're comfortable with pushing ourselves and being out of our comfort zones.
"Also, to put it into perspective, we know that this is just a game, the result doesn't define us as human beings. We've done our job getting to this final and we just want to represent the rose (England) really really well."
Sarah Hirini. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz
Thompson is adamant England are happy being favourites and the Black Ferns loose forward Sarah Hirini insists the hosts are embracing their underdog status.
""We're definitely underdogs.
"We came into this tournament ranked number three, now probably number two.
"They are the team to beat and we've definitely talked about it like that. We now we have to do everything right. We can't make basic errors like we probably did in that semifinal."
The Black Ferns will need to be close to perfect to prevail, but analyst Ben Smith believes the pressure is all on England.
"There on this huge winning streak, they've been professional for the longest time, they're just expected to win.
"But, this will be a world record crowd for a women's game and they're going to have to deal with that for the first time in this moment, where they have to pull off the win. If they don't their whole four years will have been a massive disappointment."
There will be disappointment for whoever loses, but regardless of the result, both teams agree this World Cup has been a huge success for rugby, with Saturday night's crowd of over 40,000 set to break the record for a women's rugby match, while the tournament will have attracted more than 140,000 fans once it ends - the most of any women's Rugby World Cup.
