Women's World Cup director defends one-sided games
Summary
The Women's Rugby World Cup has seen some very one-sided matches due to the expansion to 16 teams. The tournament director believes these matches are part of the sport's growth and more opportunities for smaller teams are planned.Key Facts
- The Women's Rugby World Cup group stage ended with top teams mostly advancing to the quarter-finals.
- England had the largest win, beating Samoa 92-3.
- A third of the matches had winning margins of 50 or more points.
- The tournament was more competitive with 16 teams for the first time.
- Brazil played in the tournament for the first time, losing their matches but scoring in each game.
- Fiji recorded their first World Cup win by defeating Wales.
- Plans to help smaller teams improve between tournaments will be announced soon.
- Over 245,000 people attended the group stage matches.
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