2014 Women's Rugby World Cup

Rugby union event in France July 2024 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Logo 1.webp 200px fr Coupe du Monde de Rugby Féminin 2014 1 August 17 August 2014 France 12 England 2 Canada France 30 40000 175 1264 ENG Emily Scarratt (70) NZL Selica Winiata (6) NZL Shakira Baker (6) 2010 2017 thumb The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August. All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du Rugby (CNR) in Marcoussis and Marcoussis Rugby Club with the French union adopting the concept of restricting the tournament to one or two locations as in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in London. Marcoussis is about 20 miles south of Paris. The knockout stages of the tournament also saw matches played at the CNR in Marcoussis, with the semi-finals, Bronze Final and Final taking place at Stade Jean-Bouin in the French capital – home of Stade Français. The matches took place on 1, 5, 9, and 13 August with the final played on 17 August. The tournament format was the same as in 2010, with 12 teams split into three pools of four. The pool allocation draw took place once all 12 teams were confirmed. England won the final 21–9 against Canada on 17 August. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/17/england-win-womens-world-cup-canada-match-report Emily Scarratt's boot hands England World Cup final win over Canada 18 August 2014 Guardian 18 August 2014 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/28829205 Women's Rugby World Cup: England beat Canada to win final 18 August 2014 BBC Sport 18 August 2014 With the inclusion of Rugby 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics, this was the last Women's Rugby World Cup to be held in an even-numbered non-leap year. All Women's Rugby World Cup matches are currently held in the odd-numbered years alternating with the men's counterpart, starting with the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Bidding process On 27 August 2009 the International Rugby Board (IRB; now known as World Rugby) announced that it was inviting bids to host the 2014 event.http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2033145.html Race on to host 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup irb.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230504/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid%3D2033145.html 2 December 2013 Unions had until 30 October 2009 to express an interest with the chosen host being announced on 12 May 2010. The announcement was an important development in the history of women's rugby as the IRB had never previously announced a competition to host a Women's World Cup with such publicity, nor so far ahead of the event. The chosen hosts for 2014 would also have had four years to prepare – twice as long as any previous host. The announcement was also significant because, for the first time, the IRB included the "unofficial" 1991 and 1994 World Cups in their official list of previous tournaments. On 21 December 2009, the IRB announced the four nations that formally applied to host the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup:Record interest for Women's RWC 2014 IRB.com December 2009 http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid=2035301.html 3 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100117014554/http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid%3D2035301.html 17 January 2010 dead Kazakhstan New Zealand (bid subsequently withdrawn, in favour of Samoa) Samoa United States However, after delaying the announcement until September 2010, the IRB eventually announced that, due to problems with the existing bids, they were reopening applications. On 30 June 2011, the IRB announced that the tournament would be held in France.http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid=2044311.html Home | Rugby World Cup 2021 rwcwomens.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110703062614/http://www.rwcwomens.com/news/newsid%3D2044311.html 3 July 2011http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2044307.html France to Host 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup WRWC 1 30 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120128160616/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid%3D2044307.html 28 January 2012 IRB official video used for the announcement Qualifying 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying France, as the host nation, qualified automatically. The top three teams from the 2010 tournament, New Zealand, England, and Australia, also qualified automatically. Canada and the United States qualified due to there being no interest from other North or South American unions. Qualified teams Africa Americas Europe Oceania AsiaRSACAN (AQ) USA (AQ)ENG (AQ) FRA (Hosts) IRE ESP WALAUS (AQ) NZL (Holders) SAM KAZ Match officials In April 2014 the IRB announced a panel of 14 match officials for the tournament, including eight referees and six assistant. New Zealand provided two of the referees in the form of Jess Beard and Nicky Inwood, while there will be one each from United States, England, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and Canada. England provided two assistant referees with the others coming from Italy, France, Scotland and Spain. Nicky Inwood, Sherry Trumbull and Clare Daniels were selected for 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, which took place in England. Indeed, Inwood and Daniels also refereed at the 2006 edition in Canada.Match officials announced for Women's RWC http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid=2070952.html 18 July 2014 4 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140407154148/http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid%3D2070952.html 7 April 2014 dead In August 2014, it was announced that Australian referee Amy Perrett would adjudicate the final.http://www.rugby15.co.za/australias-amy-perrett-appointed-to-referee-2014-womens-rugby-world-cup-final Australia's Amy Perrett Appointed to Referee 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Final Referees (8)IRB Women's Rugby World Cup 2014 – Match officials http://www.irbofficiating.com/index.php?page=panels&id=13 18 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726091933/http://www.irbofficiating.com/index.php?page=panels&id=13 26 July 2014 dead NZL Jess Beard USA Leah Berard ENG Claire Hodnett NZL Nicky Inwood RSA Marlize Jordaan IRE rugby union Helen O'Reilly AUS Amy Perrett CAN Sherry Trumbull Assistant referees (6) ITA Beatrice Benvenuti ENG Sara Cox ENG Clare Daniels FRA Marie Lematte ESP Alhambra Nievas SCO Alex Pratt Squads 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squads Pool stage thumb The pool draw took place on 30 October 2013 at Hotel de Ville, Paris.http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid=2069259.html World Cup pool draw to stream live from Paris RWCWomens.com 23 October 2013 30 October 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131102083707/http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid%3D2069259.html 2 November 2013 The twelve qualified teams were organised into four bands: Band 1: New Zealand, England, Australia Band 2: Canada, USA, France Band 3: Ireland, Wales, Spain Band 4: Kazakhstan, Samoa, South Africa Each pool was a single round-robin of six games, in which each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw and none for a defeat of more than seven points. A team scoring four or more tries in one match earned a bonus point, as did teams that lost by seven points or fewer. Qualified for semi-finalsQualified for 5th place playoffQualified for 9th place playoff Pool A 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool A TeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsENG 3 2 1 0 17 123 21 +102 2 12CAN 3 2 1 0 12 86 25 +61 2 12ESP 3 1 0 2 8 51 81 −30 1 5SAM 3 0 0 3 2 15 148 −133 0 0 1 August 2014 CAN 31–5 ESP Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Nicky Inwood (New Zealand) 1 August 2014 ENG 65–3 SAM Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Amy Perrett (Australia) 5 August 2014 ENG 45–5 ESP Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Jess Beard (New Zealand) 5 August 2014 CAN 42–7 SAM Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Helen O'Reilly (Ireland) 9 August 2014 SPA 41–5 SAM Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Claire Hodnett (England) 9 August 2014 ENG 13–13 CAN Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Amy Perrett (Australia) Pool B 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool B TeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsIRE 3 3 0 0 10 80 36 +44 1 13NZL 3 2 0 1 20 127 25 +102 3 11USA 3 1 0 2 10 67 64 +3 2 6KAZ 3 0 0 3 2 17 166 −149 0 0 1 August 2014 NZL 79–5 KAZ Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Claire Hodnett (England) 1 August 2014 USA 17–23 IRE Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Sherry Trumbull (Canada) 5 August 2014 USA 47–7 KAZ Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Alhambra Nievas (Spain) 5 August 2014 NZL 14–17 IRE Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Leah Berard (United States) 9 August 2014 IRE 40–5 KAZ Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Nicky Inwood (New Zealand) 9 August 2014 NZL 34–3 USA Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Sherry Turnbull (Canada) Pool C 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C TeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsFRA 3 3 0 0 15 98 6 +92 2 14AUS 3 2 0 1 6 54 23 +31 0 8WAL 3 1 0 2 4 38 54 −16 1 5RSA 3 0 0 3 0 9 116 −107 0 0 1 August 2014 AUS 26–3 RSA Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Leah Berard (United States) 1 August 2014 FRA 26–0 WAL Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Helen O'Reilly (Ireland) 5 August 2014 AUS 25–3 WAL Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Sherry Trumbull (Canada) 5 August 2014 FRA 55–3 RSA Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Amy Perrett (Australia) 9 August 2014 WAL 35–3 RSA Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 Jessica Beard (New Zealand) 9 August 2014 AUS 3–17 FRA Team Sheet CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Leah Berard (United States) Finals 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup knockout stage Knockout rankings At the completion of the pool stage, teams were ranked first according to their position within their pool and then by competition points. The top four teams progressed to the tournament semi-finals, teams ranked 5–8 progressed to the 5th to 8th play-offs, and the teams ranked 9–12 progressed to the 9th to 12th play-offs.http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/rules/index.html Rules of the tournament IRB 21 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100827185939/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/rules/index.html 27 August 2010 Qualified for semi-finalsQualified for 5th to 8th playoffsQualified for 9th to 12th playoffs SeedTeamPldWDLTFTATDPFPA+/−BPPosPts 1 FRA 3 3 0 0 15 0 15 98 6 +92 2 1 14 2 IRE 3 3 0 0 10 4 6 80 36 +44 1 1 13 3 ENG 3 2 1 0 17 3 14 123 21 +102 2 1 12 4 CAN 3 2 1 0 12 3 9 86 25 +61 2 2 12 5 NZ 3 2 0 1 20 3 17 127 25 +102 3 2 11 6 AUS 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 54 23 +31 0 2 8 7 USA 3 1 0 2 10 9 1 67 64 +3 2 3 6 8 WAL 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 38 54 −16 1 3 5 9 ESP 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 51 81 −30 1 3 5 10 RSA 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 9 116 −107 0 4 0 11 SAM 3 0 0 3 2 22 −20 15 148 −133 0 4 0 12 KAZ 3 0 0 3 3 27 −24 17 166 −149 0 4 0 Tie Breakers Ties on competition points were broken in the following order: 1. Winner of the match between the two teams (does not apply to teams in different pools); 2. Difference between points scored and points conceded; 3. Difference between tries scored and tries conceded; 4. Most points scored; 5. Most tries scored; 6. Coin toss. Rankings Play-offs 9 to 12 13 August 2014 RSA 25 SAM 24 13 August 2014 ESP 18 KAZ 5 17 August 2014 RSA 0 ESP 36 17 August 2014 SAM 31 KAZ 0 Semi-finals Test: 1083 13 August 2014 14:00 RSA 25–24 Team Sheet SAM Zandile Nojoko 1',Rachelle Geldenhuys 31',Veroeshka Grain 60' Zenay Jordaan 1', 31' Zenay Jordaan 15', 20' Celeste Adonis 46 Bella Milo 4', 34',Merenaite Faitala-Mariner 16' Bella Milo 4', 16', 34' Bella Milo 47' CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Alhambra Nievas (Spain) Test: 1084 13 August 2014 16:15 ESP 18–5 Team Sheet KAZ Lourdes Alameda 53',Rocio Garcia 79' Patricia Garcia 79' Patricia Garcia 37', 70' Anastassiya Khamova 34' Oxana Shadrina 40,Natalya Kamendrovskaya 56 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Sherry Turnbull (Canada) 11th Place Playoff Test: 1089 17 August 2014 12:00 SAM 31–0 Team Sheet KAZ Taliilagi Mefi 9', 22'Tile Start 44',Helen Collins 52',Bella Milo 56' Bella Milo 9', 22', 44' CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Marlize Jordaan (South Africa) 9th Place Playoff Test: 1090 17 August 2014 14:00 RSA 0–36 Team Sheet ESP Shona-Leah Weston 74 Patricia Garcia 19', 78',Barbara Pla 33',Penalty Try 65'Eli Martinez 80' Patricia Garcia 19', 33' 65',Helen Roca 78' Patricia Garcia 16' CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Jessica Beard (New Zealand) Rankings Play-offs 5 to 8 13 August 2014 AUS 20 USA 23 13 August 2014 NZL 63 WAL 7 17 August 2014 USA 5 NZL 55 17 August 2014 AUS 30 WAL 3 Semi-finals Test: 1085 13 August 2014 18:30 AUS 20–23 Team Sheet USA Shannon Parry 2',Cobie-Jane Morgan 22',Liz Patu 50' Ashleigh Hewson 2' Ashleigh Hewson 64' Michelle Milward 79 Jillion Potter 43',Carmen Farmer 61',Vanesha McGee 68' Kimber Rozier 68' Sadie Anderson 8',Kimber Rozier 79' CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Jessica Beard (New Zealand) Test: 1086 13 August 2014 15:45 NZL 63–7 Team Sheet WAL Shakira Baker 6', 18', 26', 73',Selica Winiata 15', 53',Aroha Savage 37',Linda Itunu 43',Honey Hireme 56',Rawinia Everitt 66',Amiria Rule 80'+1' Kendra Cocksedge 6', 43', 53',Kelly Brazier 73' Sioned Harries 24' Robyn Wilkins 24' Rachel Taylor 65 Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Claire Hodnett (England) 7th Place Playoff Test: 1091 17 August 2014 16:00 AUS 30–3 Team Sheet WAL Liz Patu 17',Dalena Dennison 26',Tricia Brown 64',Sharni Williams 76',Cobie-Jane Morgan 80' Ashleigh Hewson 80' Ashleigh Hewson 60' Robyn Wilkins 30' CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 Claire Hodnett (England) 5th Place Playoff Test: 1092 17 August 2014 14:15 USA 5–55 Team Sheet NZL Kimber Rozier 49' Aroha Savage 15',Rawinia Everitt 24',Shakira Baker 31',Selica Winiata 34',Honey Hireme 37', 43', 59', 77',Aleisha Nelson 70' Kelly Brazier 31', 34', 37', 59', 70' Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Helen O'Reilly (Ireland) Semi-finals and final 13 August 2014 IRE 7 ENG 40 13 August 2014 FRA 16 CAN 18 17 August 2014 ENG 21 CAN 9 17 August 2014 IRE 18 FRA 25 Semi-finals Test: 1087 13 August 2014 18:00 IRE 7–40 Report ENG Alison Miller 16' Niamh Briggs 16' Rochelle Clark 25' Katherine Merchant 36' Kay Wilson 57' Marlie Packer 70', 74' Emily Scarratt 36' Ceri Large 70', 74' Emily Scarratt 33', 40', 47' Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Amy Perrett (Australia) Test: 1088 13 August 2014 20:45 FRA 16–18 Team Sheet CAN Assa Koita,Safi N'Diaye 65' Sandrine Agricole 6', 34' Caroline Ladagnous 28 Elissa Alarie 42', Magali Harvey 46' Magali Harvey 46' Magali Harvey 29', 40'+3' Mary Jane Kirby 76 Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Helen O'Reilly (Ireland) 3rd Place Playoff Test: 1093 17 August 2014 16:30 IRE 18–25 Report FRA Niamh Briggs 6',Grace Davitt 40' Niamh Briggs 6' Niamh Briggs 27', 61' Gaelle Mignot 13',Jessy Tremouliere 31',Elodie Guiglion 47', 80'+1' Sandrine Agricole 13' Jessy Tremouliere 66' Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Sherry Turnbull (Canada) Final 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup final Test: 1094 17 August 2014 18:45 ENG 21–9 Report CAN Danielle Waterman 33' Emily Scarratt 74' Emily Scarratt 74' Emily Scarratt 11', 25', 60' Magali Harvey 40', 45', 58' Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France Amy Perrett (Australia) Statistics Points scorers PosNameTeamTCPDPts1Emily ScarrattENG215100702Magali HarveyCAN41070613Kelly BrazierNZL31330504Niamh BriggsIRE2660405Ashleigh HewsonAUS158039 Try scorers PosNameTeamTries1Selica WiniataNZL6Shakira BakerNZL3Honey HiremeNZL54Marlie PackerENG4Kay WilsonENGMagali HarveyCANSioned HarriesWALTricia BrownAUS Discipline 1 red card SAM Soteria Pulumu (5-match suspension)http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/24/86/pulumuwrwc142814.pdf JUDICIAL OFFICER'S HEARING REPORT Hearing: 2 August 2014 IRB 4 August 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140810050352/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/24/86/pulumuwrwc142814.pdf 10 August 2014 Suspension following citing WAL Rebecca de Filippo (2-week suspension) in match against New Zealandhttp://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/27/16/walesdecision-defilippo.pdf JUDICIAL OFFICER'S HEARING REPORT Hearing: 15 August 2014 IRB 9 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090133/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/27/16/walesdecision-defilippo.pdf 19 August 2014 dead RSA Mandisa Williams (16-week suspension) in match against Australiahttp://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/24/92/mandisawilliamsdecision.pdf JUDICIAL OFFICER'S HEARING REPORT Hearing: 3 August 2014 IRB 6 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140810051311/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/07/24/92/mandisawilliamsdecision.pdf 10 August 2014 dead 2 yellow cards RSA Celeste Adonis KAZ Oxana Shadrina WAL Rachel Taylor RSA Shona-Leah Weston 1 yellow card 18em AUS Chloe Buttler SAM Helen Collins WAL Jenny Davies CAN Olivia DeMerchant NZL Linda Itunu KAZ Natalya Kamendrovskaya CAN Mary Jane Kirby FRA Caroline Ladagnous SAM Rita Lilii AUS Michelle Milward SAM Taliilagi Mefi IRE rugby union Claire Molloy ENG Marlie Packer AUS Shannon Parry AUS Rebecca Smyth USA Shaina Turley USA Sarah Walsh CAN Brittany Waters Sources Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archivehttps://scrumhalfconnection.com/rugby-world-cup-womens-stats-archive/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250619142825/https://scrumhalfconnection.com/rugby-world-cup-womens-stats-archive/ Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archive 19 June 2025 live Women's Rugby Data https://womensrugbydata.com/womens-rugby-world-cup-2014/ Women's Rugby World Cup 2014 See also Women's Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens References External links 2014 Rugby World Cup (Women) 2014 Category:2014 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:Women's international rugby union competitions hosted by France Category:2014–15 in French rugby union Category:2014 in French women's sport Category:2014 in women's rugby union Category:August 2014 sports events in France