Usa V Australia: 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup – Live

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Are mismatches bad for nan game? Not according to those successful charge:

England person conscionable thumped Samoa. I reckon this will beryllium much, much tighter

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The equation is elemental for nan USA. Win and they unrecorded to conflict different day. Lose and nan inaugural winners of nan World Cup will beryllium retired of nan competition.

“This is nan crippled of nan round,” says our man Aaron Bower. I afloat agree. The World Cup has had everything isolated from jeopardy and adjacent games. This 1 promises both.

The Wallaroos are a squad connected nan rise. Quarterfinalists 3 years ago, they’ve benefited from an influx of sevens stars and accrued attraction and funding. Their astir caller crippled against nan Eagles ended pinch a 27-19 triumph successful nan Pacific Four Series successful May and they’ll beryllium afloat of assurance aft thrashing Samoa successful an 11-try, 73-0 rout.

Does that make them favourites? Not accordinng to Alivia Leatherman, nan USA’s prop who told reporters this week, “We should win,” adding, “we person everything we need” to get nan result.

I emotion it. I want a spot of needle and a spot of thorax thumping successful nan athletics I devour and there’ll beryllium plentifulness of that, I’m judge of it.

Australia’s coach Jo Yapp has said she’s not willing successful her squad playing “pretty” rugby. All she cares astir is nan win.

That benignant of do-or-die cognition is what makes World Cups nan unmissable showstoppers that they are. I can’t hold for this one!

Team news, immoderate value reference and different bits and bobs to follow.

Kick disconnected is astatine 7.30pm BST/4.30am AEST/2.30pm EDT.

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