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2021 Rugby World Cup Pool C
Pool C of the 2021 Rugby World Cup began on 8 October 2022 with France women's national rugby union team, France taking on South Africa women's national rugby union team, South Africa at Eden Park. The pool includes two-time champions England women's national rugby union team, England and France, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017. They are joined by South Africa women's national rugby union team, South Africa, who qualified as champions of the 2021 Rugby Africa Women's Cup, and by debutants Fiji women's national rugby union team, Fiji, who qualified for the tournament with their win over Samoa women's national rugby union team, Samoa. Standings ''All times are local Time in New Zealand, New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00, UTC+13)'' South Africa vs France Notes: * Joanna Grisez (France) made her international debut. Fiji vs England Notes: * This was the first meeting between the two nations. * This was Fiji's first World Cup game. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Rugby World Cup
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the Rugby World Cup (women), women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but was postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first women's Rugby World Cup to be hosted by New Zealand, and by a country in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand women's national rugby union team, New Zealand were also the defending champions. The tournament introduced changes such as replacement of classification play-offs in the knockout stage with quarter-finals, and a longer scheduling window with at least five days between matches. It was also the first to not be marketed by World Rugby as the "Women's Rugby World Cup", due to a decision to market both the men's and women's tournaments under the "Rugby World Cup" title with no disambiguation beginning in 2021. Host selection On 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
