England women at the Rugby World Cup

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.^[1]

England hosted the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.^[4]^[5]^[6]

By position

Rugby World Cup record

Year

Round

Squad

Head coach

1991

Runners-up

4

3

0

1

56

28

Squad

S. Dowling

1994

Champions

5

0

172

39

Squad

S. Dowling

1998

Third place

5

4

0

1

219

78

Squad

E. Field

2002

Runners-up

4

3

0

1

138

37

Squad

G. Richards

2006

Runners-up

5

4

0

1

146

47

Squad

2010

Runners-up

5

4

0

1

171

23

Squad

G. Street

2014

Champions

5

4

1

0

184

37

Squad

G. Street

2017

Runners-up

5

4

0

1

211

88

Squad

S. Middleton

2021

Runners-up

6

5

0

1

270

84

Squad

2025

Qualified

2029

To be determined

2033

Total

Champions^†

44

36

1

7

1487

451

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Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place
* Tied placing ^† Best placing	Home venue

1991 Rugby World Cup

	6 April 1991	England	12–0	Spain	Swansea

	8 April 1991	England	25–9	Italy	Llanharan

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against
England	2	0	37	9
Spain	1	1	13	19
Italy	0	2	16	25

Knockout stage

	12 May 1991	England	13–0	France	Cardiff Arms Park

	14 May 1991	England	6–19	United States	Cardiff Arms Park

1994 Rugby World Cup

	11 April 1994	England	66–0	Russia	Boroughmuir

	15 April 1994	Scotland	0–26	England	Boroughmuir

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against
England	2	0	92	0
Scotland	1	1	51	26
Russia	0	2	0	117

Knockout stage

	17 April 1994	England	24–10	Canada	Gala

	20 April 1994	England	18–6	France	Gala

	24 April 1994	England	38–23	United States	Edinburgh Academicals RFC

1998 Rugby World Cup

	2 May 1998	England	75–0	Sweden	Amsterdam

	5 May 1998	England	72–6	Canada	Amsterdam

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
England	2	0	147	6	2nd
Canada	1	1	22	79	8th
Netherlands	1	1	51	16	10th
Sweden	0	2	0	139	15th

Knockout stage

	9 May 1998	England	30–13	Australia	Amsterdam

	12 May 1998	England	11–44	New Zealand	Amsterdam

2002 Rugby World Cup

	13 May 2002	England	63–9	Italy	Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona

	18 May 2002	England	13–5	Spain	Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points	Overall ranking
Position	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Table points	Overall ranking
1	England	2	2	0	0	76	14	6	3rd
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	67	13	4	6th
3	Italy	2	1	0	1	39	66	4	12th
4	Japan	2	0	0	2	3	92	2	15th

Knockout stage

	21 May 2002	England	53–10	Canada	Girona, Barcelona

	25 May 2002	England	9–19	New Zealand	Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
		Pen: Shelley Rae (2) Drop: Shelley Rae		Try: Monique Hirovanaa, Cheryl Waaka Pen: Tammi Wilson (3)

2006 Rugby World Cup

	31 August 2006	England	18–0	United States	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert

	4 September 2006	England	74–8	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton

	8 September 2006	England	27–8	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton

Pool B ⇔ Pool C

Pool	Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
B	England	3	0	119	16	14
C	France	2	1	75	37	10
C	United States	2	1	34	35	9
B	Australia	1	2	88	42	6
B	Ireland	1	2	48	67	5
C	South Africa	0	3	20	179	0

Knockout stage

	12 September 2006	England	10–6	Canada	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton

	17 September 2006	England	17–25	New Zealand	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

2010 Rugby World Cup

	20 August 2010	England	27–0	Ireland	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England
		Try: Fiona Pocock 9' Katherine Merchant 37' Amy Turner 56' Margaret Alphonsi 79 Con: Katy McLean 10', 80' Pen: Katy McLean 75'	Report		Referee: Sarah Corrigan (Australia)

	24 August 2010	England	82–0	Kazakhstan	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England
		Try: Fiona Pocock 4', 54', 63' Charlotte Barras 10', 22', 79' Sarah Beale 25' Katherine Merchant 34' Rachael Burford 38' La Toya Mason 44' Rosemarie Crowley 67' Amber Penrith 74' Con: Katy McLean 5', 11', 22', 26', 35', 39', 45' La Toya Mason 55', 64', 67', 75'	Report		Referee: Javier Mancuso (Argentina)

	28 August 2010	England	37–10	United States	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England
		Try: Danielle Waterman 4', 38' Katherine Merchant 30' Emily Scarratt 51' Amber Penrith 68' Margaret Alphonsi 76' Con: Katy McLean 39', 77' Pen: Katy McLean 9'	Report	Try: Nathalie Marchino 18' Kim Magrini 24'	Referee: Clare Daniels (England)

Po	Nation	Pl	Wo	Lo	Pf	Pa	Pd	Tf	Ta	Bp	Tp
1	England	3	3	0	146	10	+136	22	2	3	15
2	Ireland	3	2	1	59	42	+17	11	6	2	10
3	United States	3	1	2	73	59	+14	11	10	1	5
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	3	170	−167	0	26	0	0

Knockout stage

	1 September 2010	England	15–0	Australia	Twickenham Stoop
		Try: Catherine Spencer 6' Danielle Waterman 22' Con: Katy McLean 7' Pen: Alice Richardson 78'	Report		Referee: Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)

	5 September 2010	New Zealand	13–10	England	Twickenham Stoop
		Try: Carla Hohepa 33' Con: Kelly Brazier 34' Pen: Kelly Brazier (2) 56', 66'		Try: Charlotte Barras 61' Pen: Katy McLean 43' Con: Katy McLean 62'	Referee: Sarah Corrigan (Australia)

2014 Rugby World Cup

	1 August 2014	England	65–3	Samoa	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1
			Report		Referee: Amy Perrett

	5 August 2014	England	45–5	Spain	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1
			Report		Referee: Jess Beard

	9 August 2014	England	13–13	Canada	CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1
			Report		Referee: Amy Perrett

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	17	123	21	+102	2	12
Canada	3	2	1	0	12	86	25	+61	2	12
Spain	3	1	0	2	8	51	81	−30	1	5
Samoa	3	0	0	3	2	15	148	−133	0	0

Knockout stage

	13 August 2014	Ireland	7–40	England	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France
	18:00	Try: Alison Miller 16' Con: Niamh Briggs 16'	Report	Try: Rochelle Clark 25' Katherine Merchant 36' Kay Wilson 57' Marlie Packer 70', 74' Con: Emily Scarratt 36' Ceri Large 70', 74' Pen: Emily Scarratt 33', 40', 47'	Referee: Amy Perrett

	17 August 2014	England	21–9	Canada	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France
	18:45	Try: Danielle Waterman 33' Emily Scarratt 74' Con: Emily Scarratt 74' Pen: Emily Scarratt 11', 25', 60'	Report	Pen: Magali Harvey 40', 45', 58'	Referee: Amy Perrett

2017 Rugby World Cup

	9 August 2017	England	56–5	Spain	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	14:00		Report^[7]

	13 August 2017	England	56–13	Italy	Billings Park UCD, Dublin
	14:30		Report^[8]

	17 August 2017	England	47–26	United States	Billings Park UCD, Dublin
	12:00		Report^[9]

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
England	3	3	0	27	159	44	+115	3	15
United States	3	2	1	15	93	59	+34	3	11
Spain	3	1	2	4	27	107	−80	0	4
Italy	3	0	3	5	33	102	−69	0	0

Knockout stage

	22 August 2017	England	20–3	France	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
	18:45 GMT (UTC+00)		Report^[10]

	26 August 2017	England	32–41	New Zealand	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
	18:45 GMT (UTC+00)	Try: Penalty Try 25' Thompson (2) 32', 55' Noel-Smith 77' Con: Scarratt (2) 33', 78' Pen: Scarratt (2) 15', 51'	Report^[11]	Try: Winiata (2) 8', 69' Natua (3) 39', 45', 58' Smith 53' Cocksedge 63' Con: Cocksedge (3) 46', 54', 58'	Attendance: 17,115 Referee: Joy Neville

Overall record

Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:

Country	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Win%
Australia	2	2	0	0	45	13	100%
Canada	7	6	1	0	224	69	85.71%
France	4	4	0	0	78	17	100%
Ireland	2	2	0	0	67	7	100%
Italy	3	3	0	0	144	31	100%
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	82	0	100%
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	79	142	0%
Russia	1	1	0	0	66	0	100%
Samoa	1	1	0	0	65	3	100%
Scotland	1	1	0	0	26	0	100%
South Africa	1	1	0	0	74	8	100%
Sweden	1	1	0	0	75	0	100%
Spain	4	4	0	0	126	15	100%
United States	5	4	0	1	140	59	80%
Total	38	31	1	6	1217	367	82.92%

References

^ ^a ^b "History - Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
^ "England win Women's Rugby World Cup". BBC Sport. 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ Riach, James (2014-08-17). "England 21-9 Canada | Women's rugby World Cup match report". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ "About Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
^ "England awarded women's Rugby World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ "England To Host 2010 Women's World Cup". Irish Rugby. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

External links

[:0-1] "History - Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.

[2] "England win Women's Rugby World Cup". BBC Sport. 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[3] Riach, James (2014-08-17). "England 21-9 Canada | Women's rugby World Cup match report". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[4] "About Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.

[5] "England awarded women's Rugby World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[6] "England To Host 2010 Women's World Cup". Irish Rugby. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[7] rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[8] rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[9] rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[10] rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[11] rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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