Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 in England was the most successful tournament to date, delivering record attendances, unprecendented broadcast and media coverage and a platform to grow the Women's Game around the globe.

More than 30,000 fans attended the 17-day-tournament which culminated in New Zealand winning their fourth successive Women's Rugby World Cup title, narrowly beating the hosts 13-10 in front of 13,253 at the Twickenham Stoop - a record for a Women's Rugby international fixture.

Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 was screened live in 127 territories to a potential audience of 227 million homes, smashing the previous tournament benchmark set in Canada four years ago.

An extensive legacy programme run by the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) included the delivery of 30 projects nationwide by 12 dedicated Women's Rugby World Cup legacy project officers reaching out and attracting more youngsters to the sport than ever before.

"We have witnessed not only a fantastic tournament of exceptional quality, skill and intensity, but more importantly a tournament that has truly redefined the frontiers of Women's Rugby," said IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset.

"The tournament captured the hearts and minds of a nation and also positioned this great sport on an unprecedented global level. There is no doubt that through record broadcast, media and attendance platforms, Women's Rugby has been able to inspire women and girls to join the Rugby family."

"Rugby is pillared on teamwork and sportsmanship and I would like to congratulate all the teams, match officials, commercial and broadcast partners for playing their part in an incredible tournament, but I would also like to express my gratitude to the RFUW for delivering what will be remembered as the best ever Women's Rugby World Cup, a benchmark for all future tournaments."

New Zealand's Kelly Brazier finished the tournament as the leading points scorer on 48. IRB Women's Personality of the Year 2010 Carla Hohepa and Canada's Heather Moyse crossed the whitewash seven times each to finish as the tournament's leading try-scorers.

A further seven thousand fans also followed the tournament via the social network platforms Twitter and Facebook reaching a wider audience than ever before, with more than 65,000 watching Nicole Beck's try-saving tackle on Fiona Pocock on YouTube.

At the ground-breaking multi-sport venue Surrey Sports Park, the 312 players who stayed on site for the duration of the tournament ate their meals together consuming over 6,000 bananas, more than 25,000 eggs, 10,000 mushrooms and nearly 30,000 yogurts. In total, Surrey Sports Park served 31,500 meals.