Say goodbye to the old Lansdowne Road.There have been five women's tournaments played to date, three official Women's Rugby World Cups (Amsterdam 1998, Barcelona 2002 and Edmonton 2006) and two unofficial Women's Rugby World Cups (Cardiff 1991 and Edinburgh 1994).
The staging of the first women’s 'World Cup' – albeit unofficial - in Cardiff in 1991 was a pivotal moment. The event broke new ground and for Deborah Griffin and her small team of organisers the project was a massive challenge. To this day, Griffin is held up as being a leading light and pioneer for the women’s World Cup movement.
Held in 1991, the first women’s event had clashed in the rugby calendar with the second men’s Rugby World Cup in the UK and in order to avoid a recurrence of that problem the next tournament was brought forward a year to 1994.
The full backing of the International Rugby Board was given in time for the 1998 event, therefore it became the year of the first 'official' Women’s Rugby World Cup.
2010 WRWC
WOMEN'S RWC 2010 POOLS ANNOUNCED
Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has announced the pools for Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 in England.
The premier 15-a-side tournament in the women's game, which will be played from August 20 to September 5, will feature three pools of four teams with defending champions New Zealand, hosts and 2006 runners-up England and 2006 bronze medallists France all ranked top seeds in their pool.
The unprecedented qualification process, which saw 16 teams compete for the six places available outside the automatically qualified teams, was completed when Kazakhstan defeated Japan 43-5 to claim a place in Pool B, while Sweden join Pool C in its first appearance on the Women's Rugby World Cup stage since 1998.
Pool A: New Zealand, Wales, Australia, South Africa
Pool B: England, USA, Ireland, Kazakhstan
Pool C: France, Canada, Scotland, Sweden
New Zealand, England, France, Canada, USA and South Africa all qualified directly, with Wales and Ireland qualifying through the Six Nations, Sweden and Scotland from the European qualifiers in May, Australia as the Oceania qualifier and Kazakhstan from Asia.
2006: NZ bt England 25-17
2002: NZ bt England 19-9
1998: NZ bt USA 44-12
1994: England bt USA 38-23
1991: USA bt England 19-6
Pool
Spain Scotland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton Kazakhstan Samoa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton Australia South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton France Ireland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton England USA Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton New Zealand Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton Ireland USA Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton New Zealand Samoa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton Kazakhstan Scotland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton England South Africa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton Australia France Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton Spain Canada St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton Spain Samoa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton Ireland South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton Australia USA St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton Kazakhstan Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton New Zealand Scotland Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton England France St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 12/09/2006 - Semi finals
New Zealand France Ellerslie Rugby Park England Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park Scotland Ireland St. Albert Rugby Football Club USA Australia St. Albert Rugby Football Club Samoa South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club Spain Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park
16/09/2006 - Consolation finals
South Africa Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park Samoa Spain Ellerslie Rugby Park Ireland Australia Ellerslie Rugby Park
17/09/2006 - Finals
Scotland 0-24 USA Commonwealth Stadium Canada 8-17 France Commonwealth Stadium New Zealand 25-17 England Commonwealth Stadium
BARCELONA
STANDINGS
MATCH TEAM 1 SCORE TEAM 2 VENUE
1 New Zealand 117-0 Germany Cornella
2 Australia 30-0 Wales Santboiana
3 USA 87-0 Netherlands Santboiana
4 France 31-12 Kazakhstan Santboiana
5 England 63-9 Italy Cornella
6 Spain 62-0 Japan Cornella
7 Canada 57-0 Ireland Girona
8 Scotland 13-3 Samoa Girona
9 Germany 0-75 Wales Girona
10 Netherlands 10-37 Kazakhstan Girona
11 Italy 30-3 Japan Santboiana
12 Ireland 0-22 Samoa Santboiana
13 New Zealand 36-3 Australia Cornella
14 USA 30-0 France Girona
15 England 13-5 Spain Cornella
16 Canada 11-0 Scotland Girona
17 Germany 0-18 Ireland Girona
18 Japan 37-3 Netherlands Girona
19 Wales 35-3 Italy Santboiana
20 Samoa 9-5 Kazakhstan Santboiana
21 Australia 17-5 USA Girona
22 Scotland 23-16 Spain Cornella
23 New Zealand 30-0 France Cornella
24 Canada 10-53 England Girona
25 Germany 19-20 Netherlands Zaragoza
26 Japan 3-23 Ireland Girona
27 Italy 3-20 Kazakhstan Santboiana
28 Wales 14-17 Samoa Santboiana
29 USA 23-5 Spain Santboiana
30 Australia 30-0 Scotland Girona
31 Canada 7-41 France Olympic Stadium
32 England 9-19 New Zealand Olympic Stadium
1 NEW ZEALAND
2 ENGLAND
3 FRANCE
4 CANADA
5 AUSTRALIA
6 SCOTLAND
7 USA
8 SPAIN
9 SAMOA
10 WALES
11 KAZAKHSTAN
12 ITALY
13 IRELAND
14 JAPAN
15 NETHERLANDS
16 GERMANY
AMSTERDAM
May1st Canada v Netherlands 16 – 7
May 2nd Spain v Wales 28 – 18
NZ v Germany 134 – 6
France v Kazakhstan 23 – 6
USA v Russia 84 - 0
England v Sweden 75 – 0
Australia v Ireland 21 – 0
Scotland v Italy 37 – 8
May 5th Canada v England 6 – 72
USA v Spain 38 – 16
France v Australia 10 – 8
NZ v Scotland 76 - 0
Netherlands v Sweden 44 – 0
Russia v Wales 7 – 83
Kazakhstan v Ireland 12 – 6
Germany v Italy 5 – 34
May 9th England v Australia 30 – 13
USA v Scotland 25 – 10
France v Canada 7 – 9
NZ v Spain 46 – 3
Netherlands v Ireland 18 – 21
Wales v Germany 55 – 12
Kazakhstan v Sweden 47 – 5
Italy v Russia 51 – 7
May 12th England v NZ 11 – 44
USA v Canada 46 – 6
Australia v Spain 17 – 15
Scotland v France 27 – 7
Ireland v Italy 20 – 5
Wales v Kazakhstan 13 – 18
Netherlands v Russia 61 – 0
Germany v Sweden 20 – 18
Finals Russia v Sweden 3 – 23
May 15th Italy v Wales 10 – 12
Netherlands v Germany 67 – 3 Shield
Ireland v Kazakhstan 10 – 26 Bowl
May 16th England v Canada 31 – 15
France v Spain 9 – 22
Australia v Scotland 25 – 15 Plate
New Zealand v USA 44 – 12 Cup
April 11-24 1994, Edinburgh
Pool A USA 111 Sweden 0
Sweden 5 Japan 10
USA 121 Japan 0
Pool B England 66 Russia 0
Scotland 51 Russia 0
Scotland 0 England 26
Pool C France 77 Scottish Students 0
Scottish Students 5 Ireland 18
France 31 Ireland 0
Pool D Canada 5 Wales 11
Wales 29 Kazakhstan 8
Canada 28 Kazakhstan 0
Quarter Finals USA 76 Ireland 0
England 24 Canada 10
France 99 Japan 0
Wales 8 Scotland 0
Semi Finals USA 56 Wales 15
England 18 France 6
FINAL England 38 USA 23
3rd/4th Playoff France 27 Wales 0
Shield Semi-Finals Canada 57 Japan 0
Ireland 3 Scotland 10
Shield Final Scotland 11 Canada 5
Shield 3rd/4th Japan 3 Ireland 11
Playoff
Plate Round Sweden 20 Russia 13
Robin Scottish Students 0 Kazakhstan 27
Sweden 14 Scottish Students 12
Russia 0 Kazakhstan 25
Sweden 12 Kazakhstan 31
Scottish Students 12Russia 24
Plate Final Kazakhstan 29 Sweden 12
April 6-14 1991, Cardiff
Pool 1 New Zealand 24 Canada8
Wales 9 Canada 9
New Zealand 24 Wales 6
Pool 2 France 62 Japan 0
Sweden 0 France 37
Japan 0 Sweden 20
Pool 3 USA 7 Netherlands 0
Netherlands 28 USSR 0
USA 46 USSR 0
Pool 4 England 12 Spain 0
Italy 9 England 25
Spain 13 Italy 7
Semi Finals New Zealand 0 USA 7
England 13 France 0
Final USA 19 England 6