Drouin and Bourdon both had days to forget with the boot.
I think a disciplined France win that - and well played NZ for spooking them into indiscipline.
Discipline both in terms of penalties, and decision making / execution under pressure.
The women's game has come on enormously, but goal kicking remains an area of comparative weakness.
Purely a matter of power IMO - they're lacking 15-20 metres on their male counterparts - including the kickers who've been professional for 4-5 years. It really shows with kicks to touch, and of course, distance from the sticks where you're starting to feel uncomfortable about the range (Drouin had the range, she just had to give it everything to do so).
On kicks to touch, from the middle of the field, they're barely making a single metre to the lineout; and I think they need to stop trying - better to tap and go with 10m to run into IMO - and better to go for the posts when closer to the posts than the touchline.
But just before that the French 13 made a good break but cut inside with her wing outside her and the NZ wing being drawn infield. You only saw it from one angle (and I had my volume turned down), but looked like a complete butchering. Felt like that was France's real moment.
I was shouting a bit; but of course, we couldn't see any deeper cover, but still, there were plenty of metres to be made there, and you've got to back your winger to do something.
Decision making under pressure; and that's one of several example of just taking the wrong choice; just the most obvious to a brain who's just watched the match.