England women at the Rugby World Cup explained
The England women's national rugby union team have played 44 matches at the Women's Rugby World Cup tournaments from 1991 to 2017. They have won two tournaments in 1994 and 2014.[1] [2] [3] They were runners-up in 1991, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017 and 2021. They have been in every final at the tournament except for 1998 where they placed third.
England hosted the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.[4] [5] [6]
1991 Rugby World Cup
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 25 | |
Knockout stage
1994 Rugby World Cup
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 26 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | |
Knockout stage
1998 Rugby World Cup
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Ladder |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6 | 2nd |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 79 | 8th |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10th |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 15th | |
Knockout stage
2002 Rugby World Cup
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Tablepoints | Overallranking |
|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against |
|---|
| 1 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 14 | 6 | 3rd |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 6th |
| 3 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 66 | 4 | 12th |
| 4 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 2 | 15th | |
Knockout stage
2006 Rugby World Cup
Pool B ⇔ Pool C
| Pool | Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points |
|---|
| B | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 16 | 14 |
| C | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 37 | 10 |
| C | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 9 |
| B | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 42 | 6 |
| B | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 67 | 5 |
| C | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 179 | 0 | |
Knockout stage
2010 Rugby World Cup
| Nation | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 10 | +136 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 170 | −167 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Knockout stage
2014 Rugby World Cup
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 123 | 21 | +102 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 86 | 25 | +61 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 81 | −30 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 148 | −133 | 0 | 0 | |
Knockout stage
2017 Rugby World Cup
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 159 | 44 | +115 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 107 | −80 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 102 | −69 | 0 | 0 | |
Knockout stage
Overall record
Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:
| Country | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Win% |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 100% |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 224 | 69 | 85.71% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 17 | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 31 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 142 | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 8 | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 15 | 100% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 59 | 80% |
| Total | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1217 | 367 | 82.92% | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: History - Rugby World Cup 2021 . 2022-08-29 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.
- News: 2014-08-17 . England win Women's Rugby World Cup . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2022-09-01.
- Web site: Riach . James . 2014-08-17 . England 21-9 Canada Women’s rugby World Cup match report . 2022-09-01 . the Guardian . en.
- Web site: About Rugby World Cup 2021 . 2022-08-29 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.
- Web site: 2009-08-23 . England awarded women's Rugby World Cup . 2022-09-01 . www.insidethegames.biz.
- Web site: 2008-09-24 . England To Host 2010 Women’s World Cup . 2022-09-01 . Irish Rugby . en-US.
