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First Europe, then the world: Twickenham awaits in year of twin peaks for England

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The Red Roses face France in the Six Nations final at Twickenham on Saturday .

They have won the title six times in a row and are on a run of 33 consecutive victories in the competition.

But they have not been up to the summit of the World Cup since 2014 when Katy Daley-McLean ’s team beat Canada 21-9 in Paris .

World Rugby say that the number of registered participants has increased by more than 50% in the three years since the last World Cup .

The RFU is expecting Twickenham to be half full on Saturday , whereas all the talk beforehand was that it might be the first time in history that the ground had been sold-out for a women’s match.