2021 Rugby World Cup

Women's rugby union event in New Zealand

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2021 Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation|  New Zealand
Dates| 8 October – 12 November 2022
No. of nations| 12
Final positions
Champions |  New Zealand
Runner-up |  England
Third place |  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 26
Attendance| 140,000 (5,385 per match)
Tries scored| 185 (average 7.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Emily Scarratt (44)
Most tries|  Portia Woodman (7)
Points scored| 1,202 (average 46.23 per match)

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The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the 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 were also the defending champions.

The tournament introduced changes such as replacement of classification play-offs in the knockout stage with quarter-finals,[1][2] and a longer scheduling window with at least five days between matches.[3] 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

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On 14 November 2018, World Rugby announced that New Zealand would host the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup, beating out a competing bid by Australia—the only other country to officially submit a bid for the tournament. It was the first Women's Rugby World Cup to be hosted by a country in the Southern Hemisphere.[4]

In November 2019, World Rugby announced that in an effort to create greater parity between the men's and women's Rugby World Cup, the Women's Rugby World Cup would be marketed as the "Rugby World Cup" with no gender designation beginning with the 2021 tournament.[5]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 18 September to 16 October 2021. On 2 March 2021, World Rugby announced that the tournament would be postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as "it has become clear in recent discussions with key partners including New Zealand Rugby, the New Zealand government and participating unions, that, given the scale of the event and the COVID-19 related uncertainties, it is just not possible to deliver the environment for all teams to be the best that they can be on the sport's greatest stage." New Zealand's Zero-COVID policy at the time also meant that teams would have been subject to strict quarantine arrangements in order to enter the country, whose international borders were closed.[6] The rescheduling also upheld the ongoing practice of holding the women's Rugby World Cup in the year that follows the Summer Olympics,[7] as the 2020 Summer Olympics were also postponed by one year to 2021 due to COVID-19.[8]

On 12 May 2021, it was announced that the tournament had been rescheduled to 8 October through 12 November 2022; the window of the tournament was also extended and realigned to allow for at least five days rest between matches, as with the men's Rugby World Cup. All matches were scheduled on weekends.[3] The tournament remained branded as the "2021 Rugby World Cup", but with a "Playing in 2022" subtitle.[3]

## Venues

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Eden Park

Northland Events Centre

Waitakere Stadium

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Locations of the 2021 Rugby World Cup

Auckland | Whangārei | Auckland

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Eden Park | Northland Events Centre | Waitakere Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 4,901
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The three venues are in the Auckland and Northland regions of Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island. Three opening games were hosted at New Zealand's national stadium Eden Park. Eden Park also hosted the semi-finals, third place play-off and final. Other pool games and the quarter-finals were held at the Northland Events Centre and Waitakere Stadium.

## Qualifying

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Qualification status:

Qualified for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Failed to qualify.

Withdrew or suspended.

New Zealand, the host nation, had already qualified automatically winning the 2017 tournament before being announced as hosts. A further six teams (England, France, United States, Canada, Australia and Wales) qualified automatically as top seven finishers at the 2017 tournament. Scotland was announced as the winner of the repechage tournament on 25 February 2022.

### Qualified teams

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| Africa  | Americas  | Asia  | Europe  | Oceania

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* Canada (AQ)
* United States (AQ)

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* England (AQ)
* France (AQ)
* Wales (AQ)

* Australia (AQ)
* New Zealand (Hosts/Holders)

Regional Qualifiers  |

* South Africa (Africa 1)

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* Japan (Asia 1)

* Italy (Europe 1)

* Fiji (Oceania 1)

Cross-Regional
Repechage play-off [a] |

* Kenya (Africa 2)

* Colombia (South America 1)

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* Kazakhstan (Asia 2)

* Scotland (Europe 2)

* Samoa (Oceania 2)[b]

Qualified team

1. ^ South America/Africa play-off: South America 1 will progress to a play-off with the second-placed team from Africa to determine the fourth team to compete in the Repechage. Repechage tournament: The final team to qualify for RWC 2021 will be decided via the new Repechage tournament, which will take place in 2020. The tournament will consist of the second placed teams in the Asia, Europe and Oceania regional tournaments and the winner of the play-off between South America and second-placed team from the Africa regional qualifier.
2. ^ Samoa withdrew from the Repechage tournament due to COVID-19 related restrictions.

Qualified teams  Region  | Team  | Qualification
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Africa |  South Africa | 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Cup winners  | 3  | Tenth place (2010, 2014) | 13
Asia |  Japan | 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Championship winners
(by World Rankings) | 4  | Eighth place (1994) | 12
Europe |  England | Top 7 in 2017  | 8  | Champions (1994, 2014) | 1
France | Top 7 in 2017  | 8  | Third place (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017) | 3
Italy | European Qualification tournament winners  | 4  | Plate semi-finals (Seventh/Eighth place) (1991) | 8
Wales | Top 7 in 2017  | 6  | Fourth place (1994) | 11
Scotland | Final Qualification Tournament winners  | 5  | Fifth place (1994) | 9
North America |  Canada | Top 7 in 2017  | 8  | Runners-up (2014) | 4
United States | Top 7 in 2017  | 8  | Champions (1991) | 6
Oceania |  Australia | Top 7 in 2017  | 6  | Third place (2010) | 5
Fiji | Oceania play-off winners  | 0  | N/A  | 21
New Zealand | Top 7 in 2017/Hosts  | 7  | Champions (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017) | 2

## Match officials

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On 26 May 2022, World Rugby announced the team of 18 officials from 11 unions for the World Cup, including an "all-female team of referees." English official Sara Cox served in her fourth World Cup, while South African official Aimee Barrett-Theron and Irish official Joy Neville adjudicates in their second World Cups.[9]

On 21 September 2022, World Rugby released the list of appointments for the pool phase—New Zealander Maggie Cogger-Orr was selected to oversee the opening match of the tournament.[10]

On 8 November 2022, World Rugby announced that Scottish referee Hollie Davidson would adjudicate the final.[11]

Referees (9)

* Aimee Barrett-Theron
* Maggie Cogger-Orr
* Sara Cox
* Hollie Davidson
* Aurélie Groizeleau
* Lauren Jenner
* Amber McLachlan
* Clara Munarini
* Joy Neville

Assistants (5)

* Maria Beatrice Benvenuti
* Doriane Domenjo
* Tyler Miller
* Kat Roche
* Julianne Zussman

Television Match Officials (4)

* Chris Assmus
* Lee Jeffrey
* Ian Tempest
* Ben Whitehouse

## Draw

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Seedings for the pools of the 2021 World Cup were based on the teams' World Rugby Rankings. The draw, hosted by sports pundit and former English and British and Irish Lions international Ugo Monye and sports journalist and presenter Elma Smit, was conducted on 20 November 2020 in the SkyCity Theatre in Auckland, and used the World Rankings as of 1 January 2020, before the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first case in which the Women's World Cup was drawn based on World Rankings instead of classification from the previous World Cup.[12][13] The automatic qualifiers from 2017 were allocated to their respective bands based on their rankings – and the remaining 5 qualifying places were allocated to Bands 3 and 4 based on previous World Cup playing strength:

* Band 1, made up of the top 3 automatic qualifiers, (1–3)
* Band 2, made up of the next 3 automatic qualifiers, (4–6)
* Band 3, made up of the 7th automatic qualifier, Europe 1 and Africa 1
* Band 4, made up of Asia 1, Oceania 1 and Repechage winner

This meant the 12 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus:

Band 1  | Band 2  | Band 3  | Band 4

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* New Zealand (1)
* England (2)
* Canada (3)

* France (4)
* Australia (5)
* United States (6)

* Wales (7)
* Italy (Europe 1)
* South Africa (Africa 1)

* Japan (Asia 1)
* Fiji (Oceania 1)
* Scotland (Final Qualification Tournament)

The pools were respectively drawn by New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, former Black Ferns internationals, Melodie Robinson and Farah Palmer and former All Blacks international, Dan Carter.

## Squads

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See also: 2021 Rugby World Cup squads

Each team submitted a squad of 32 players for the tournament.

## Pool stage

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See also: 2021 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches

Each pool was a single round-robin of six games, in which each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw. A team that scored four or more tries earned a bonus point, as did a team that lost by fewer than eight points.

The tournament comprised twelve teams divided into three pools of four teams. The top two teams in each pool, as well as the best two third-placed teams progressed to the quarter-finals.

Fixtures were announced on 28 January 2021.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams are tied on match points, the following tiebreakers applied;

1. The winner of the match between the two teams
2. Difference between points scored for and points scored against in all pool matches
3. Difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all pool matches
4. Points scored in all pool matches
5. Most tries scored in all pool matches

Key to colours in pool tables

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| Advanced to the quarter-finals as one of the top two teams in a pool
| Advanced to the quarter-finals as one of the two best third place teams

Pld = Number of games played; W = Number of games won; D = Number of games drawn; L = Number of games lost; TF = Number of tries scored (tries for); PF = Total number of points scored by the team (points for); PA = Total number of points scored against the team (points against); +/− = Points difference, PF−PA; BP = Bonus pool points; Pts = Total number of pool points

### Pool A

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup Pool A

Pos | Team

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1  |  New Zealand | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 154  | 29  | +125  | 26  | 3  | 15
2  |  Australia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 44  | 60  | −16  | 6  | 0  | 8
3  |  Wales | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 37  | 84  | −47  | 5  | 1  | 5
4  |  Scotland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 27  | 89  | −62  | 5  | 2  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

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8 October 2022 | Australia | 17–41 |  New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland
9 October 2022 | Wales | 18–15 |  Scotland | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
15 October 2022 | Scotland | 12–14 |  Australia | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
16 October 2022 | Wales | 12–56 |  New Zealand | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
22 October 2022 | Australia | 13–7 |  Wales | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
22 October 2022 | New Zealand | 57–0 |  Scotland | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei

### Pool B

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup Pool B

Pos | Team

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1  |  Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 92  | 31  | +61  | 16  | 3  | 15
2  |  Italy | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 55  | 40  | +15  | 8  | 1  | 9
3  |  United States | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 54  | 68  | −14  | 8  | 1  | 5
4  |  Japan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 30  | 92  | −62  | 5  | 0  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

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9 October 2022 | United States | 10–22 |  Italy | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
9 October 2022 | Japan | 5–41 |  Canada | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
15 October 2022 | United States | 30–17 |  Japan | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
16 October 2022 | Italy | 12–22 |  Canada | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
23 October 2022 | Japan | 8–21 |  Italy | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
23 October 2022 | Canada | 29–14 |  United States | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland

### Pool C

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup Pool C

Pos | Team

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1  |  England | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 172  | 26  | +146  | 28  | 2  | 14
2  |  France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 91  | 18  | +73  | 14  | 3  | 11
3  |  Fiji | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 40  | 145  | −105  | 6  | 0  | 4
4  |  South Africa | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 22  | 136  | −114  | 3  | 1  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

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8 October 2022 | South Africa | 5–40 |  France | Eden Park, Auckland
8 October 2022 | Fiji | 19–84 |  England | Eden Park, Auckland
15 October 2022 | France | 7–13 |  England | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
16 October 2022 | Fiji | 21–17 |  South Africa | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
22 October 2022 | France | 44–0 |  Fiji | Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
23 October 2022 | England | 75–0 |  South Africa | Waitakere Stadium, Auckland

### Ranking of qualified teams

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | T | B | Pts | Result

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New Zealand | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 154  | 29  | +125  | 26  | 3  | 15  | Pool leaders
Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 92  | 31  | +61  | 16  | 3  | 15
England | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 172  | 26  | +146  | 28  | 2  | 14
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France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 91  | 18  | +73  | 14  | 3  | 11  | Pool runners-up
Italy | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 55  | 40  | +15  | 8  | 1  | 9
Australia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 44  | 60  | −16  | 6  | 0  | 8
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United States | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 54  | 68  | −14  | 8  | 1  | 5  | Third in pool
Wales | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 37  | 84  | −47  | 5  | 1  | 5
Fiji | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 40  | 145  | −105  | 6  | 0  | 4  | Third in pool

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Point differential 3) Points for 4) Most tries scored for

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup knockout stage

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  29 October – Whangārei| | | | |

|  France| 39

|  5 November – Auckland (Eden)

|  Italy| 3 |

|  France| 24

|  29 October – Whangārei

| |  New Zealand| 25 |

|  New Zealand| 55

| |  12 November – Auckland (Eden)

|  Wales| 3 |

|  New Zealand| 34

|  30 October – Auckland (Waitakere)

| |  England| 31

|  England| 41

|  5 November – Auckland (Eden)|

|  Australia| 5 |

|  England| 26

|  30 October – Auckland (Waitakere)

| |  Canada| 19 | | Third place

|  Canada| 32

| |  12 November – Auckland (Eden)

|  United States| 11 |

|  France| 36

|  Canada| 0

### Quarter-finals

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29 October 2022
16:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

France (4)| 39–3| (5)  Italy

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Try: Grisez (3) 3' c, 68' m, 70' c
Penalty try 61'
Touyé 64' c
Con: Drouin (2/2) 3', 65'
Queyroi (1/2) 71'
Pen: Drouin (2/2) 40', 55'| Report| Pen: Sillari (1/1) 39'
Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)[14]

29 October 2022
19:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

New Zealand (1)| 55–3| (8)  Wales

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Try: Woodman (2) 13' c, 43' c
Tui 20' m
Hirini 27' c
Rule 38' c
Connor (2) 49' m, 64' m
A. Bremner 56' m
Demant 68' m
Con: Demant (5/7) 14', 29', 39', 45', 50'| Report| Pen: Bevan (1/1) 16'
Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)[14]

30 October 2022
13:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

England (3)| 41–5| (6)  Australia

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Try: Hunter 8' c
M. Packer (3) 30' m, 39' c, 80' c
Ward 43' m
Cokayne 53' m
Matthews 65' m
Con: Scarratt (2/6) 9', 39'
Rowland (1/1) 80'| Report| Try: Chancellor 40' m
Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)[14]

30 October 2022
16:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

Canada (2)| 32–11| (7)  United States

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Try: Hunt 16' c
Paquin 20' m
Farries 41' c
Tessier 57' c
Con: de Goede (3/4) 14', 42', 58'
Pen: de Goede (2/2) 47', 65'| Report| Try: Kitlinski 9' m
Pen: Kelter (2/2) 38', 45'
Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)[14]

### Semi-finals

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5 November 2022
16:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

Canada | 19–26|  England

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Try: Paquin 19' m
Corrigan 35' c
Beukeboom 68' c
Con: de Goede (2/3) 36', 68'| Report| Try: M. Packer 8' c
Dow (2) 15' m, 50' m
Con: Scarratt (1/3) 10'
Pen: Scarratt (3/3) 40', 43', 71'
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)[14]

5 November 2022
19:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

New Zealand | 25–24|  France

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Try: Fluhler 35' c
Tui 44' m
Fitzpatrick 57' c
Con: Holmes (1/2) 37'
Demant (1/1) 58'
Pen: Holmes (1/2) 29'
Demant (1/1) 63'| Report| Try: R. Ménager (2) 23' c, 65' c
Vernier 40' c
Con: Drouin (3/3) 23', 40' +1, 66'
Pen: Drouin (1/2) 7'
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)[14]

### Third-place play-off

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12 November 2022
16:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

Canada | 0–36|  France

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| Report| Try: Fall 12' c
Bourdon 36' c
Ménager (2) 41' m, 61' c
Deshayes 44' c
Con: Drouin (4/5) 13', 37', 45', 62'
Pen: Drouin 21'
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Sara Cox (England)[14]

### Final

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Main article: 2021 Rugby World Cup Final

12 November 2022
19:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

England | 31–34|  New Zealand

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Try: Kildunne 3' c
Cokayne (3) 13' c, 32' c, 54' m,
Packer 21' m
Con: Scarratt (3/5) 4' 15' 33'| Report| Try: Ponsonby 18' c
Leti-I'iga (2) 25' c, 71' m
Rule 40' m
Fluhler 41' m
Murray 49' m
Con: Holmes (2/6) 20' 26'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 42,579[15]
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)[14]

## Statistics

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See also: 2021 Rugby World Cup statistics

Source:[16]

### Points scorers

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Pos  | Name  | Team  | T  | C  | P  | DG  | Pts

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1  | Emily Scarratt |  England | 1  | 12  | 5  | 0  | 44
2  | Caroline Drouin |  France | 1  | 12  | 3  | 0  | 38
3  | Portia Woodman |  New Zealand | 7  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 35
Renee Holmes |  New Zealand | 2  | 11  | 1  | 0
5  | Ruahei Demant |  New Zealand | 2  | 9  | 1  | 0  | 31
6  | Amy Cokayne |  England | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 30
Marlie Packer |  England | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0
Emily Tuttosi |  Canada | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0
9  | Alev Kelter |  United States | 2  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 27
10  | Ruby Tui |  New Zealand | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 25

### Try scorers

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Pos  | Name  | Team  | Tries

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1  | Portia Woodman |  New Zealand | 7
2  | Amy Cokayne |  England | 6
Marlie Packer |  England
Emily Tuttosi |  Canada
5  | Ruby Tui |  New Zealand | 5
6  | Abigail Dow |  England | 4
Paige Farries |  Canada
Joanna Grisez |  France
Claudia MacDonald |  England
Connie Powell |  England

## Broadcasting

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Spark Sport will be the host broadcaster for the Rugby World Cup, broadcasting all matches live[17] and on demand[18] through its online streaming platform. Three will broadcast a selection of games free-to-air on New Zealand television.

* Australia: Stan Sport and Nine Network
* Canada: TSN[19] and RDS[20]
* France: TF1
* Ireland: Eir Sport and RTÉ
* Italy: RAI and Sky Sport
* New Zealand: Spark Sport[21] and Three
* South Africa: SuperSport
* Spain: Movistar Plus+[22]
* United Kingdom: ITV
* USA: NBC Sports[23] and TUDN

## Sources

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* Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archive[24]

* Women's Rugby Data [25]

## See also

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* 2023 Rugby World Cup (men's)
* 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens (separate tournaments for men and women as part of a single event)

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## External links

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* Official website

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2021 Rugby World Cup

Stages|

* Pool A
* Pool B
* Pool C
* Knockout stage
* Final

General|

* Qualifying
* Squads
* Statistics
* Warm-up matches

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2021 Rugby World Cup finalists

Champions|

New Zealand

Runner-up|

England

Third Place|

France

Fourth Place|

Canada

Quarter finalists|

Australia,  Italy,  United States,  Wales

Pool stage|

Fiji,  Japan,  Scotland,  South Africa

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Venues of the 2021 Rugby World Cup

* Auckland (Eden Park)
* Auckland (Waitākere)
* Whangārei

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2021 Rugby World Cup referees

Referees|

* Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
* Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)
* Sara Cox (England)
* Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
* Aurélie Groizeleau (France)
* Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)
* Amber McLachlan (Australia)
* Clara Munarini (Italy)
* Joy Neville (Ireland)

Reserve and assistant referees|

* Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)
* Doriane Domenjo (France)
* Tyler Miller (Australia)
* Kat Roche (USA)
* Julianne Zussman (Canada)

Television match officials|

* Chris Assmus (Canada)
* Lee Jeffrey (New Zealand)
* Ian Tempest (England)
* Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

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Women's Rugby World Cup

Tournaments|

* Wales 1991
* Scotland 1994
* Netherlands 1998
* Spain 2002
* Canada 2006
* England 2010
* France 2014
* Ireland 2017
* New Zealand 2021
* England 2025
* Australia 2029
* United States 2033

Qualifying|

* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025
* 2029
* 2033

Finals|

* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025
* 2029
* 2033

Squads|

* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025
* 2029
* 2033

Statistics|

* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2017
* 2021
* 2025
* 2029
* 2033

Overview|

* Qualification

Overall records|

* Records and statistics

Related articles|

* Women's World Rugby Festival 1990

Notes: No qualifiers between 1991–1998; by invitation only. 2002 & 2006 Only had qualifiers for Asia, everyone else were by invitation only.

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World championships in 2022

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* American football (women)
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* water polo
* Armwrestling
* Association football (men)
* Athletics
* ~~half marathon~~
* indoor
* outdoor
* mountain and trail running
* Badminton
* individual
* team
* Basketball
* women
* 3x3
* Basque pelota
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Beach volleyball
* Bowling (9-pin)
* Bowls
* indoor WBT
* indoor WB/IIBC
* Boxing (women)
* Canoeing
* marathon
* slalom
* sprint
* Cricket
* men (T20)
* women
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* marathon
* BMX
* cyclo-cross
* urban
* gravel
* esports
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey (women)
* Finswimming
* Floorball (men)
* Futsal (AMF wommen)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* aesthetic
* parkour
* Indoor hockey
* ~~men~~
* ~~women~~
* Judo
* Lacrosse (women)
* Modern pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby league
* men
* women
* wheelchair
* PDRL
* Rugby sevens
* men
* women
* Rugby union
* women
* wheelchair
* Sitting volleyball
* Men
* Women
* Shooting
* rifle / pistol
* running target
* shotgun
* Softball (men)
* Squash
* men
* women
* Women's team
* Surfing
* shortboard
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming (25m)
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* ~~men~~
* women
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Figure skating
* Ice climbing
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Ski flying
* Ski orienteering
* Short track speed skating
* inline
* Sled dog racing
* on-snow
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* Winter triathlon

Cue & mind sports|

* Bridge
* teams
* Carom billiards
* individual
* team
* Chess
* Fischer Random
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Draughts
* men
* Pool
* nine-ball
* ten-ball
* Snooker
* open
* women

Motor sports|

* Electric touring car
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance moto racing
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Powerboat
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* FIA Bajas
* FIM Bajas
* Sidecarcross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Supercross
* Touring car

Parasports|

* Sitting volleyball
* men
* women

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*[PD]: Match points difference
*[T]: Tries scored
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