World Cup of Women’s Rugby: The United States keep hopes in the quarter-final slim in Canada and the progress of Scotland | Rugby Union News
The United States has won the great victory necessary to stay in the running for the quarter-finals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
The Eagles burned Samoa 60-0 in York with 10 tests. They argue with Australia for the last place of the last eight. For the moment, the United States and Australia are linked to the points of the swimming pool A, behind England already qualified.
If Australia loses against England at least 76 points later on Saturday in Brighton and will not get a bonus point, the United States advances on the difference in points.
“It’s going to be tight. I’m going to encourage England,” said US captain Kate Zackary. “At the end of the day, we put all our hearts at stake, that’s all I can ask. Wherever the chips fall, we will pick up the pieces tomorrow.”
Flanker Freda Tafuna scored four tests. Tafuna received a blow from the hat against Australia during their draw 31-31 last weekend, but, after-match, one of his trials was handed over to Hope Rogers, the shortest player of the Eagles. Rogers scored two others against the Samoa.
Tafuna started the Americans’ points in pursuit with a trial of his own half in the sixth minute and the 27th, the Eagles had the bonus with four titles.
But with points so seriously necessary, McKenzie Hawkins was replaced as the goalkeeper after missing his first three attempts and Gabriella Cantorna took over. She landed five of the seven.
The Samoa, playing in their first World Cup in 11 years, were animated and fought until the end.
They appreciated a purple patch while the American replacement wings Kristen Bitter were in sin, but the Eagles were just as determined not to concede. The Flanker Georgie Perris-Redding has stripped the Samoa in a tackle between his own messages, and Zackary made a test tackle on Taytana Pat Ah-Cheung from Samoa.
Tafuna’s fourth trial sent the 50 points to the United States in a World Cup match for the first time in 15 years.
Canada 40-19 Scotland
Canada has moved into the quarter-finals undefeated by the 40-19 overwhelming Scotland in Exeter.
Outsiders in Scotland made 27 plated in Canada miss, but Canadians have always found another equipment in which to slip, especially through their bag.
Of the six Canada trials, five were noted by the rows and a penalty test came from an attempted push that was illegally collapsed by Scotland. The hooker of Canada Emily Tuttosi was appointed game player after scoring twice.
The two teams had already qualified for the quarter -finals after defeating the Fiji and the Wales. As a winner of the B swimming pool B, Canada’s last opponents will be England, Australia or the United States. Scotland will play the winner of the A swimming pool A, which should be England.
Propulser McKinley Hunt opened the scoring of Canada, and Scotland responded with the Rhona Lloyd wing during his only visit to 22 in the first half.
Hunt would have had a second try, but the ball was cynically shaken by its scope by Scotland No. 8 Evie Gallagher, which was in yellow. The scrum of seven women of Scotland was then mounted by Canada for the penalty test, the latter then sweeping halfway for Tuttosi to reach out and marks from 19-5 to half-time.
Gallagher came from the sin-good in the second half to mark a large line of attack and the 19-12 trail, but the Canada attackers again took care of the tuttosi tests and the replacement accessories Brittany Kassil and Olivia Demechant.
Between the two, the Scottish wing Francesca McGhie marked its sixth test of the tournament, equaling Julia Schell in Canada for the head of the tournament.
Wales 25-28 figi
The Fiji held out to win a thriller to Exeter and extend the longest sequence of defeats in Wales against six games.
Fiji won against Wales in a small margins match
The Fiji dominated the first half to lead 28-15 at halftime, but Wales checked the second and marked two additional trials and had another prohibited for a kick on the test line which was interpreted as a severe call.
Despite this, the failure of the Wales to convert their five trials was decisive, while Litiani Viewti converted the four Fiji.
Keira Bevan missed her four conversion attempts – one was charged – and Lleucu George missed the last.
The Fiji center, Josifini Neihamu, played with two tests on the back of the power of his attackers, and the last minute jackal a few meters from his own test line which won the victory.
The victory of the first international between the teams was not only a boon for Fijiana, which appears only during their second World Cup, but also their coach Ioan Cunningham, who led to Wales of 2021-24 and in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2022.
What is the next step?
The group phase of the Women’s Rugby World Cup ends on September 7.
On Sunday, Japan plays Spain (12 hours) before Ireland took New Zealand (2:45 p.m.) to finish the action of the C swimming pool C, while in swimming pool, in Italy, will face Brazil (2 p.m.) and France comes up against South Africa (4:45 p.m.).
