Twelve-try Italy Beat Brazil To End World Cup With Win

Women's Rugby World Cup - Pool D

Italy: (30) 64

Tries: Mannini, Fedrighi, Granzotto (3), Minuzzi (3), Corradini, Buso (2), Stefan Cons: Bitonci, Granzotto

Brazil: (3) 3

Pens: Kochhann

Italy ran successful 12 tries to hit Brazil 64-3 and decorativeness nan 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup pinch a bonus-point win.

The bottommost 2 sides successful Pool D had already been eliminated aft losing their opening 2 matches, but Italy produced a ascendant capacity successful Northampton to unafraid 3rd spot and sphere their grounds of winning a lucifer astatine each Women's World Cup successful which they person competed.

World Cup debutants Brazil capitalised connected an ill-disciplined commencement from Italy to return an early lead, Raquel Kochhann kicking a punishment from successful beforehand of nan posts.

However, Italy deed backmost pinch 5 tries successful 12 minutes, exploiting abstraction connected some wings and opening up Brazil's defence pinch accelerated offloading. Sara Mannini, Valeria Fedrighi and Francesca Granzotto each went complete earlier Vittoria Minuzzi scored doubly down nan near wing.

After Brazil had a effort chalked disconnected for a knock-on, Granzotto bagged her 2nd of nan half, picking disconnected a loose walk to nonstop Italy into nan break starring 30-3.

Italy added a further six tries successful nan 2nd half, pinch Minuzzi and Granzotto some completing hat-tricks, Gaia Buso scoring twice, and Giada Corradini and Sofia Stefan besides going over.

Four of those tries came successful nan last 10 minutes, erstwhile Brazil were first reduced to 14 players aft losing Kochhann to wounded and past had Tais Prioste sin-binned for a precocious tackle.

The only blot connected Italy's copybook was their kicking, converting conscionable 2 of their 12 tries.

Italy: Minuzzi; Muzzo, Corradini, Mannini, Granzotto; Madia, Bitonci; Maris, Vecchini, Seye, Fedrighi, Frangipani, Sgorbini, Locatelli, Giordano.

Replacements: Gurioli, Turani, Pilani, Veronese, Ranuccini, Stefan, Stevanin, Buso.

Brazil: Tenoria; Barth, Fioravanti, Nicolau, Silva; Kochhann, Bednarski; Barros, Leni, Santos, Coimbra, Dakar, Henwood, L Carvalho, C Carvalho.

Replacements: Saccomanno, Prioste, Mamede, Cruz, Santana, Medeiros, Silva, Santini.

Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Ella Goldsmith (Australia), Maria Heitor (Portugal)

TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)