The World Cup trophy sat proudly on display, and the team revealed they had named it Nancy Wake, after the Wellington-born women who served as a British special operations agent during World War II. The theme of the team had been based around fighting for what you believe in and embracing a guerrilla warfare attitude.
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew, in Florida supporting his daughter who is competing in the eights crew at the world championships, delivered a video message.
"You went away to do something only one group can do once every four years and you absolutely nailed it," Tew said. "On and off the field you made all of us very proud. You came back as world champions and you've created some momentum for the women's game that we've never had before which we are now, of course, going to take up the challenge on."
