"2014 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying The qualification process for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 5 February 2012. A total of 12 teams will qualify for the tournament, which will be held in France between 1 and 17 August 2014. Following WRWC 2010, six teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given the top 3 teams (New Zealand, England, and Australia), the hosts (France), Canada, and the United States. The remaining six berths for the tournament will be awarded through regional tournaments. The non-automatic qualification process began on 5 February 2012. Twenty teams competed"
"every four years. The New Zealand Women's team then won four straight World Cups (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) before England won in 2014. Following the 2014 event, World Rugby moved the next edition of the event to 2017, with a new four-year cycle from that point forward. New Zealand are the current World Cup holders. As well as the Women's Rugby World Cup there are also other regular tournaments, including a Six Nations, run in parallel to the men's competition. The Women's Six Nations, first played in 1996 has been dominated by England, who have won the tournament on 14"
"2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions England and New Zealand on 26 August 2017 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup for a record fifth time, beating England 41–32. England was the only team in the competition to be made up of professional rugby players, whereas New Zealand had just six players contracted. New Zealand was placed in Pool A with Canada, Hong Kong and Wales in arguably"
"competition (Australia eleven times, Great Britain three times and New Zealand once). Australia, France and New Zealand are the only teams to have played in all tournaments (Great Britain has been split into England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland since 1995, while England and Wales had previously competed as separate teams in the 1975 World Cup). Since 2000, the RLIF has also organised World Cups for women, students and other categories. The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea which was won by Australia. The Rugby League World Cup was an initiative of"
"next World Cup will be held in 2017 in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea and will be played alongside the Men's tournament. In the 2013 World Cup, the Australian Jillaroos’ won the cup breaking New Zealand’s 13 year winning streak. Women's rugby league Women's Rugby League is the female-only version of the game rugby league football. There are currently clubs for female only participation running in Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand which are overseen by the various individual organisations of those separate countries and internationally by the Women & Girls Rugby League. At international level Australia, France,"
"successful nations in the Women’s World Cup have been New Zealand, which has won it five times, and England, which has reached the final seven times. The primary annual global competition for women’s rugby sevens is the World Rugby Women’s World Series. The Women’s Series was launched in the 2012-13 season. It features 4-6 tournaments each year. Women's rugby sevens at the Hong Kong Sevens has been dominated by New Zealand, with either the New Zealand team (1999–2001) or the Aotearoa Maori team (playing as New Zealand) winning the annual tournament from 1997 until 2007. The United States won the"
"to the present, the champions became England and France; both teams won the trophy twice in a row. Portugal won the first edition, while Russia is the current champion. Women's rugby sevens has been dominated by New Zealand, with either the New Zealand team (1999–2001) or Aotearoa Maori Women's Rugby sevens team (playing as New Zealand), winning the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament from 1997 until 2007. The United States won the Hong Kong Sevens in 2008 by defeating Canada in the final (New Zealand failed to send a team). The inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament took place"
"2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fourth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in Great Britain from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 14 July. It was held at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds. Four teams took part and these teams were: Australia, England, France and New Zealand. Each team was to play the other three once during the round robin tournament. The top two finishing teams would then contest the final. The competition featured four teams: 3 time World"
"2017 Women's Rugby World Cup ""This article is about the rugby union competition, for the rugby league competition see the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup."" The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final, held on 26 August. Matches were held in Dublin and Belfast. The pool stages were held at University College Dublin with the semi finals and finals held at Queen's University and Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. The tournament"
"Women's international rugby union results summary The most successful teams in women's international rugby union have been England, France, and New Zealand. Although the IRB produce a complex and continually updated ranking for men's international rugby they do not compile any ranking system for the women's game. Rugby statistician Serge Piquet has produced a currently unofficial, but generally accepted, world ranking, but where rankings are referred to by some boards these will normally be the finishing positions in the previous Women's Rugby World Cup (which only takes place every four years and will only include those countries that qualified for"
"World Cup Sevens held in Dubai. In men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the New Zealand have won the tournament three times, Fiji have won it twice, and England and Wales have won a single tournament each, while , Australia and South Africa have reached tournament finals but not secured a title. For women's Rugby World Cup Sevens, Australia won the first tournament in 2009 and New Zealand won the second and third tournaments in 2013 and 2018. New Zealand are the current men's and women's world champions having won both tournaments in 2018. In May of 2009, the International Rugby"
"National team appearances at Rugby League World Cups This article shows all the teams that have participated in the Rugby League World Cup and the results of those teams. 19 teams have participated in the World Cup. Between 1954 and 1972 and 1977 to 1992, England, Wales and Scotland were represented by Great Britain. From 1995 onwards Great Britain only played in test series and England, Scotland and Wales all represented themselves at major tournaments. Only Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain have won the World Cup. England hosted the 1960 and 1970 editions of the World Cup but were"
"Win: England 54-0 France, 13/7/2013 – Women’s Rugby League World Cup, third-placed play-off, South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet Biggest Defeat: New Zealand 52-4 England, 26/11/2017 – Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final, Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Most Caps: Andrea Dobson - 24 Most Tries: Natalie Gilmour MBE - 9 2007 International Test - WIN v France 2008 International Test - WIN v France 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup - WIN v France WIN v Russia | LOSS v Australia LOSS v New Zealand WIN v Pacific Islands 2009 International Tests - 25 July | France 8-28 England; France 0-36"
"League World Cup in 2000, 2005 and 2008 competitions. Australia won the 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup beating the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns 22–12 in the final. New Zealand have been the most successful team by far, winning 3 of the 4 world cups that have currently been staged. In two of the finals (2005, 2008) they would even prevent their opponents from scoring, with the 2005 final seeing a devastation of the New Zealand Maori team by 58 points. In the first World Cup, the home nations competed as Great Britain just as they did in the men's"
"World Cups have featured 12 nations. The World Cup will expand to 16 teams again in 2018, and the FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022. The 2018 tournament was held in London, England from 21 of July to 5 August, with Netherlands winning a second consecutive title and a record eighth title after beating Ireland 6–0 in the final. Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 28 teams have competed in at least one World Cup. Women's Hockey World Cup The Women's Hockey World Cup"
"between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which England won in its inaugural year. England won the Championship every year except from the 1997/98 season when Scotland won it. France joined the competition in the 1998/99 season making it the Five Nations Championship with England achieving the Grand Slam. In the 2001/02 season the competition expanded to be known as the Women's Six Nations Championship, and England have won the title more than any other nation, including six back-to-back wins between 2006 and 2011. Rugby Football Union for Women The Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) was the governing body for"
"played within New Zealand"" New Zealand lift women's series trophy in Clermont New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team The New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team is the reigning women's Rugby World Cup Sevens champions, having won the most recent edition in 2018, and also have been a ""core team"" that participates in all rounds of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series since that competition's inception in 2012–13. New Zealand did not have any official sevens team for women so they were unofficially represented by the New Zealand Wild Ducks and the Aotearoa Maori New Zealand teams during the"
"Australia from October 26 and England were in a pool with Russia, France and Australia. England beat France and Russia in the group stages, losing to Australia, to finish second in the group and qualify for the semi-finals. England were beaten by eventual winners New Zealand at the semi-final stage, as they beat Australia 34-0. England beat the Pacific Islands in the third-placed play-off match. The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was held in Great Britain from October 26 and featured Australia, England, France and New Zealand. England’s 24-player squad featured players from Bradford, Coventry, Crosfields, Featherstone, Normanton and"
"the International Rugby Board as of 19 November 2018. The England women's national rugby union team first played in 1982. England have taken part in every Women's Rugby World Cup competition. They won the competition in 1994 by defeating the United States 38–23 in the final, and again in 2014 by beating Canada 21–9 in the final. They finished as runner-up on four other occasions. Their coach is Simon Middleton after their coach Gary Street, who had been head coach since 2006, retired in 2015. The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World"
"Zealand | Post Office Road, Featherstone, England • Thursday, 11 July 2013 - England 42-4 France | Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley, England • Third Placed Play Off • Saturday, 13 July 2013 England 54-0 France | South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet, England The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the competition, held in Australia between November 16 and December 2. England took part alongside Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea and all group matches were played at the Southern Cross Group Stadium, home of Cronulla Sharks. England were placed in Group A"
"New Zealand women's national rugby union team The New Zealand national women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won five of the past six Women's Rugby World Cups. They have an 88% winning record in test match rugby, and are the only international side with a winning record against every opponent. Since their international debut in 1991, the Black Ferns have lost to only four of the 16 nations they have played in test matches. The team's nickname combines the colour"
"International Test - 22 October | France 6-40 England 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup - 16 November | England 36-8 Papua New Guinea 19 November | England 0-38 New Zealand 22 November | England 16-22 Cook Islands 26 November | New Zealand 52-4 England 2018 International Test - 27 October | France 4-54 England All-time head-to-head records - England women's national rugby league team The England women's national Rugby League team represents England in Women's Rugby League. They are administered by the Rugby Football League. Great Britain reached the first-ever Women’s Rugby League World Cup Final in 2000, where"
"England women's national rugby union team The England women's national rugby union team first played in 1982. England were the 2014 Rugby World Cup champions after beating Canada in the final. Their coach is Simon Middleton after their coach Gary Street, who had been head coach since 2006, contract wasn't renewed. Street now coaches Harlequins Ladies. Until May 1994 Women’s’ Rugby was run by the Women’s Rugby Football Union (WRFU), formed in 1983. The WRFU was responsible for rugby in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 1994 the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW) was formed in England with each"
"previous season's RE championships which are used for the following season's tournaments. Current rankings are: Women's international rugby union results summary The most successful teams in women's international rugby union have been England, France, and New Zealand. Although the IRB produce a complex and continually updated ranking for men's international rugby they do not compile any ranking system for the women's game. Rugby statistician Serge Piquet has produced a currently unofficial, but generally accepted, world ranking, but where rankings are referred to by some boards these will normally be the finishing positions in the previous Women's Rugby World Cup (which"
"each took part for the first time in the four-team event, which was plagued by withdrawals from six squads. The most recent edition was played in November 2018 in New Caledonia and was won by New Zealand for the sixth time. Only three nations have won the trophy: Australia (3 times), New Zealand (6 times) and Chinese Taipei (2 times). Australia ceased to be a member of the OFC on January 1, 2006, having elected to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and hence no longer participate in the tournament. The OFC Women's Nations Cup started in 1983 (as the"
"were established and while the Rugby Football League recognized the British women in 1985 it took another five years for the Australian Rugby League to officially recognize the Australian Women's Rugby League. New Zealand Women's Rugby League were officially recognized by the governing body New Zealand Rugby League Inc in 1995. This is partially the reason for no Women's World Cup being held until the year 2000 when these organizations collectively came together to organize it. In the 2005 World Cup tournament in New Zealand, teams from Australia, Great Britain, Tokelau, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, New Zealand Maori and"
"It is planned that the Great Britain team will come together in future only for occasional tours. Women’s Rugby League was originally established in 1985 through the Women’s Amateur Rugby League Association, with the Great Britain National Team playing for the first time in the year 2000. From 2008 onwards, England has competed on the international stage, playing in the 2008, 2013 and 2017 Women’s Rugby League World Cups to date. The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first time England had competed as a nation. The tournament was held in"
"2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia. This was the first World Cup with no new teams to the tournament. Reigning champions New Zealand won the cup and defended their title by defeating Australia in the final 34–17; South Africa defeated Argentina to take third place. This was the first Rugby World Cup where no"
"Cups played to date have been held in five countries, with India and England having hosted the event three times. The number of teams has been fixed at eight since the 2000 event, with the preceding tournament in 1997 having been contested by a record eleven teams, the most to date. Australia are the most successful team, having won six titles and failed to make the final on only three occasions. England (four titles) and New Zealand (one title) are the only other teams to have won the event, while India (twice) and the West Indies (once) have each reached"
"four matches and had one abandoned. England had also won four matches, but they had lost to New Zealand. As a result, the match also served as a de facto final for the competition. England won the match, held at Edgbaston, Birmingham by 92 runs to win the tournament. Thirteen nations have qualified for the Women's Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments). Five teams have competed in every finals tournament, three of which have won the title. † The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end"
"Women's rugby league Women's Rugby League is the female-only version of the game rugby league football. There are currently clubs for female only participation running in Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand which are overseen by the various individual organisations of those separate countries and internationally by the Women & Girls Rugby League. At international level Australia, France, England and New Zealand compete on a regular basis with a Women's Rugby League World Cup held at a regular interval after first being established in 2000. The Women & Girls Rugby League is the international governing body of women's rugby league"
"Women's Rugby World Cup The Women's Rugby World Cup is the premier international competition in rugby union for women. The tournament is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby. The championships are currently held every four years; the event was most recently held in Ireland in 2017. World Rugby has reset the tournament on a new four-year cycle to avoid conflict with the Olympics and Women's World Cup Sevens; World Cups will thus be held every four years after 2017. The first Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and won by the United States. The 1991 and"
"1998 and in the 2006 edition, which was held, as the former was, in Japan. If the titles of the Women's World Championship are evenly distributed between Europe and Asia, the situation is quite different when nations are taken into account. Except for Italy's single—and for many, unexpected—victory in 2002 and United States victory in 2014, the only winners so far have been the Russia (5 times as Soviet Union), Japan, China and Cuba. The Soviets made a most impressive start by winning the first three editions of the tournament: 1952, 1956, 1960. They were halfway to making it four,"