23-8-17 WOMEN'S SEMIS
WOMENS RWC SEMI
FINAL
ENGLAND 20-3 FRANCE
BERN ALLOWS ENGLAND TO
BURN RUBBER
A tight first half saw the sides reach the interval at 3-3
after Shannon Izar cancelled out Emily Scarratt's penalty.
England upped their game in the second period and Scarratt
edged them back in front with her second penalty.
Prop Sarah Bern drove over for a converted score to move
England clear before Megan Jones' last-gasp try.
MY
OPINION
France are a good side but we do
know that they sometimes have a habit of blowing hot and cold and this was a
poor performance by them as England were able to get their foot in front and
now I feel that they have wat it takes to compete with the All Blacks
NEW ZEALAND 45-12 USA
WOODMAN MAKES BLACKS
BEST
Five tries came after
halftime, having ground out a 15-7 lead at the break.
And four of them went to irresistible winger Woodman, the
scorer of eight tries in their pool thumping of Hong Kong last week.
With her team leading 8-7 midway through the first half, the
26-year-old produced a fine solo try to send momentum her team's way.
She was the beneficiary of some fine team attacks in the
second spell, joined on the try-scorers' list by first five-eighth Victoria
Subritzky-Nafatali, reserve hooker Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate and second
five-eighth Kelly Brazier.
Halfback Kendra Cocksedge kicked 10 points.
Four tries came in a dominant final quarter, with the Black
Ferns seemingly unaffected by the absence of veteran loose forward Linda Itunu,
who was shown a yellow card soon after her introduction from the bench.
MY
OPINION
The USA losing to England I feel
hurt them in such a way that they could not come back from it quickly I would
look at th8is with a sense of pride as the USA are not a rugby nation and the
fact that they reached the semi-finals must be considered a success. Anything
other than winning the world cup must be considered a failure as they know
everyone at home will be watching.
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