GRR: Women Rugby World Cup
The top-rated teams all made it to the Women's Rugby World Cup semifinals, and, as expected, France-vs-Ireland was easily the closest match of the weekend.
Here's what happened in the quarterfinals:
Canada Downs AustraliaCanada were hugely impressive in beating Australia 46-5 at Ashton Gate on Saturday.
The Womens Rugby World Cup comes down to some potentially thrilling quarterfinals.
New Zealand vs South Africa, Saturday Sept. 13, 8AM ET
Heavily favored, New Zealand comes in with the top two scorers in the World Cup with Braxton Sorense-McGee leading everyone with 38 points and Renee Holmes logging 33.
Faced with the task of having to win by a massive amount over Samoa and having to hope Australia lost by a massive amount to England, the USA didn't get enough of the massives to do the job.
York, England—USA head coach Sione Fukofuka announces his matchday 23 to play Samoa in their final Pool A match at York Community Stadium on Saturday.
With everything on the line, the USA Women's National Team has just a couple of days to prepare for a crucial Rugby World Cup match against Samoa.