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.
