2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

Bidding process

The Rugby Football Union for Women and the Rugby Football Union along with Germany, South Africa and Kazakhstan made bids to host the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. On 23 September, Rugby World Cup Limited Board chairman, Bernard Lapasset, announced that England would host the World Cup at various venues across West London.

Qualifying

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying

New Zealand, England and France qualified directly as the top three teams from the 2006 World Cup. Wales and Ireland qualified as second and third-place finishers in the 2009 Six Nations Championship. Scotland and Sweden qualified as the top two teams from the 2009 European Trophy. The United States, Canada and South Africa qualified directly as the only teams from their region. Kazakhstan qualified after winning the 2009 ARFU Women's Championship. Australia qualified as the second Oceania representative.

Qualified Teams

Tickets and sponsorship

Tickets had been available since 22 March 2010 and they could be purchased online at Ticketmaster or by phone, with an innovative ticketing structure based on some tournament passes and individual match day tickets.

Thirteen matches were broadcast live through a platform provided by host broadcaster Sky Sports in 127 territories to a potential audience of 227 million homes, smashing the 2006 World Cup benchmark in Canada (75 territories and a potential reach of 97 million homes). The programming hours was increased from 60 in 2006 to 220 in this edition.

The commercial partners of the tournament were Nike, Heineken, the Coca-Cola Company's sports drink Powerade, Holiday Inn, British rugby equipment supplier Rhino Rugby, University of Surrey and UK National Lottery.

Squads

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Match officials

In December 2009, the IRB announced a panel of 14 match officials for the tournament, including seven world's leading female referees and three specialist assistant referees with previous Women's Rugby World Cup experience.

England's Clare Daniels officiated the opening match between Canada and Scotland, while Australian Sarah Corrigan refereed the final between England and New Zealand.

• AUS Sarah Corrigan
• ENG Clare Daniels
• HKG Gabriel Lee
• ITA Barbara Guastini
• CAN Joyce Henry
• ENG Debbie Innes
• NZL Nicky Inwood
• Ireland David Keane
• GER Kerstin Ljungdahl
• ARG Javier Mancuso
• SCO Andrew McMenemy
• FRA Sébastien Minery
• USA Dana Teagarden
• CAN Sherry Trumbull

Format

The competition was contested over 16 days and 30 matches between 12 nations, divided into three pools of four teams. The tournament began on 20 August at Surrey Sports Park with a match between Canada and Scotland and ended with the final held at Twickenham Stoop on 5 September between England and New Zealand.

Pool stage

Defending champions New Zealand, hosts and 2006 runners-up England and 2006 bronze winners France all ranked top seeds in their pool. Teams played each other in each pool on a round robin basis, while match points were awarded according to the international standards: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for scoring 4 or more tries or for losing by 7 or less than 7 points.

At the end of the pool stage, the teams in a pool were ranked according to their cumulative match points. If two or more teams had been level, the following criteria would have been used in this order until one of the teams could be determined as the higher ranked:

• the winner of the match between the two tied teams;
• the team with the best points difference;
• the team with the best tries difference;
• the team with more scored points;
• the team with more scored tries;
• a toss of coin.

Ranking finals

The teams were seeded based on the position in which they finished in their respective pools and the points scored during the pool stage. The three pool winners and the best runner-up went through to the semi-finals. The other two runners-up and the best two 3rd-place finishers went into a sort of a competition for 5th place, whilst the bottom three teams competed for 9th place.

The ranking finals were set as it follows:

• 1st seed vs 4th seed;
• 2nd seed vs 3rd seed;
• 5th seed vs 8th seed;
• 6th Seed vs 7th seed;
• 9th seed vs 12th seed;
• 10th seed vs 11th seed.

Finals

If teams had been tied at full-time, the winner would have been determined through a 10-minutes extra time (the first team to score any points would have been declared the winner) or eventually a kicking competition (five players from each team would have kicked from three different points on the 22-metre line).

World Cup tournament

Pool stage

Pool A

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool A

Sharni Williams 16' Cobie-Jane Morgan 23' Tricia Brown 79' Cons: Nicole Beck 6', 16', 23' Lowri Harries 70' Con: Non Evans 4'

Fiao'o Fa'amausili 7' Kelly Brazier 12' Huriana Manuel 22', 32' Renee Wickliffe 44' Casey Robertson 68' Cons: Kelly Brazier 5', 8', 13', 23', 69'

Charmaine Kayser 40' Zandile Nojoko 65' Con: Non Evans 79' Pen: Non Evans 71'

Carla Hohepa 20' Justine Lavea 22', 29' Victoria Blackledge 41' Huriana Manuel 62' Con: Rebecca Hull 21'

Rebecca Hull 23' Victoria Grant 49' Halie Hurring 51' Monalisa Codling 69' Cons: Rebecca Hull 24' Kelly Brazier 50' Kendra Cocksedge 70' Pen: Non Evans 12'

Tricia Brown 18' Debby Hodgkinson 26' Lindsay Morgan 29', 53' Alexandra Hargreaves 43' Sharni Williams 48', 80' Cobie-Jane Morgan 62' Cons: Nicole Beck 6', 19', 27', 30', 44', 49', 80' Pen: Nicole Beck 15'

Pool B

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool B

Christy Ringgenberg 44', 68' Ashley Kmiecik 51' Phaidra Knight 59' Amy Daniels 70' Cons: Christy Ringgenberg 6', 45', 52', 69', 74' Pens: Christy Ringgenberg 4', 35'

Katherine Merchant 37' Amy Turner 56' Margaret Alphonsi 79' Cons: Katy McLean 10', 80' Pen: Katy McLean 75'

Niamh Briggs 35' Tania Rosser 53' Con: Niamh Briggs 54' Venesha McGee 73' Con: Melissa Kanuk 18'

Charlotte Barras 10', 22', 79' Sarah Beale 25' Katherine Merchant 34' Rachael Burford 38' La Toya Mason 44' Rosemarie Crowley 67' Amber Penrith 74' Cons: Katy McLean 5', 11', 22', 26', 35', 39', 45' La Toya Mason 55', 64', 67', 75'

Joy Neville 16', 68' Louise Beamish 24' Orla Brennan 32' Eliza Downey 42' Kate O'Loughlin 63' Con: Niamh Briggs 17'

Katherine Merchant 30' Emily Scarratt 51' Amber Penrith 68' Margaret Alphonsi 76' Cons: Katy McLean 39', 77' Pen: Katy McLean 9' Kim Magrini 24'

Pool C

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C

Mandy Marchak 21', 41' Maria Gallo 38' Heather Moyse 51' Cons: Anna Schnell 22', 39', 52' Pens: Anna Schnell 7', 18' Lindsay Wheeler 64'

Claire Canal 31', 68'

Marie-Charlotte Hebel 14' Sandrine Agricole 36' Con: Aurélie Bailon 37' Con: Nicola Halfpenny 42'

Ashley Steacy 11', 41' Heather Moyse 16', 23', 72' Cons: Anna Schnell 2', 12', 17', 42', 73' Con: Ulrika Andersson Hall 35' Pen: Ulrika Andersson Hall 21'

Lucy Millard 13', 55' Donna Kennedy 21' Katy Green 47' Cons: Nicola Halfpenny 14', 56' Pen: Nicola Halfpenny 27' Pen: Anna Schnell 14' Cyrielle Bouisset 29' Claire Canal 45' Pen: Aurélie Bailon 20'

Ranking finals

9th–12th place

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Semi-finals

Zenay Jordaan 76' Cherne Roberts 80' **Pens: **Zandile Nojoko 14', 64' **Cons: **Zandile Nojoko 40', 77' Alfiya Mustafina 50'

Sioned Harries 25', 44' Mellissa Berry 38' Laura Prosser 71' Jamie Kift 77' **Con: **Awen Thomas 26' **Pen: **Lina Norman 34' **Con: **Lina Norman 54'

11th place match

**Pen: **Ulrika Andersson-Hall 39' Anna Yakovleva 19' **Con: **Aigerym Daurembayeva 20'

9th place match

Charmaine Kayser 69' Phumeza Gadu 80+4' **Con: **Yolanda Meiring 80+5' Mared Evans 40', 41' Rhian Bowden 61' **Cons: **Awen Thomas 40+1', 42'

5th–8th place

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Semi-finals

Maria Gallo 18' Mandy Marchak 61' Cheryl Phillips 62', 72' **Pen: **Anna Schnell 43' **Cons: **Anna Schnell 4', 7', 61', 63'

Amy Daniels 36', 56' Vanesha McGee 75' **Cons: **Christy Ringgenberg 12', 21', 37', 57', 76'

7th place match

**Pen: **Nicola Halfpenny 36' Niamh Briggs 12', 65' Orla Brennan 53' **Pen: **Niamh Briggs 3' **Cons: **Niamh Briggs 13', 54'

5th place match

Megan Gibbs 35' **Pens: **Anna Schnell 3', 66' **Cons: **Anna Schnell 8', 36' Lynelle Kugler 42' Vanesha McGee 47' **Pens: **Christy Ringgenberg 16', 20' **Con: **Christy Ringgenberg 43'

Semi-finals and Final

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Semi-finals

Victoria Grant 23' Huriana Manuel 27' Renee Wickliffe 35' Anna Richards 43' Joan Sione 66' **Cons: **Kelly Brazier 28', 36', 38', 44' Emma Jensen 67' **Con: **Aurélie Bailon 42'

Danielle Waterman 22' **Pen: **Alice Richardson 78' **Con: **Katy McLean 7'

3rd place match

**Pen: **Aurélie Bailon 7' Rebecca Trethowan 27' Tricia Brown 37' **Con: **Nicole Beck 33'

Final

Main article: 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Final

**Pens: **Kelly Brazier 56', 66' **Con: **Kelly Brazier 34' **Pen: **Katy McLean 43' **Con: **Katy McLean 62'

Statistics

Teams

Individual leading point scorers

Individual leading try scorers

Sources

• Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archive

• Women's Rugby Data

References

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