WRWC2017, Women's Rugby World Cup

WRWC2017: Semi Final Previews

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The 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup roadshow hits Belfast tomorrow afternoon for the semi final stages of the competition. There will be six games in total as the teams play for positional rankings as well as for the World Cup.

The matches will be played at Ravenhill and Queen’s Arena, the first match kicking of at Queen’s at 12:00 with the final match taking place at Ravenhill at 19:45.

Our review of each match is as follows:

Match 19: Italy v Japan (9th Place Semi Final). Queen’s Arena 12:00

Italy have been one of the disappointments of the World Cup dropping two places below where we reckoned they should be i.e. we thought they should finish the group stages in 8th place, whereas the ended up 10th. They will be smarting after their loss to Spain, a result that carries additional consequences as Italy replaced Spain in the Women’s Six Nations in 2007. It’s a result that puts additional pressure on the . . .

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