The First
Women's Rugby World CupThe First
Women's Rugby World Cup
The first women's Rugby World Cup was held in Wales in April 1991 at the same time as the men's tournament. As a consequence of this the women's World cup was some what overshadowed by the men's World cup and because of this they had a lack of financial support as well the media attention that they needed to help get the women's cup noticed.
12 teams participated in the tournament these included- USA , England, France, USSR, Wales, Japan, Sweden, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, Italy and New Zealand- Divided into four pools of three.
In the final USA beat England 19 - 6, scoring two tries to one, and in the Plate Canada beat Spain 18 - 4.
Below is the details of the tournament:
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Pool 1 |
Score | |
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New Zealand |
24-8 |
Canada |
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Canada |
9-9 |
Wales |
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Wales |
6-24 |
New Zealand |
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Pool 2 |
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France |
62-0 |
Japan |
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Sweden |
0-37 |
France |
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Japan |
0-20 |
Sweden |
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Pool 3 |
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|
USA |
7-0 |
Netherlands |
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Netherlands |
28-0 |
USSR |
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USSR |
0-46 |
USA |
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Pool 4 |
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England |
12-0 |
Spain |
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Italy |
9-25 |
England |
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Spain |
13-7 |
Italy |
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Semi-finals |
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USA |
7-0 |
New Zealand |
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England |
13-0 |
France |
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Final |
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USA |
19-6 |
England |