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England v Australia - Women's Rugby World Cup Semi Final
By Kath
August 30 2010
England Women take on Australia at the Twickenham Stoop in the Semi Final of the Wormen's Rugby World Cup.

IRB Women's Rugby World Cup Semi Final

England Women v Australia

 Wednesday 1st September 2010


England Head Coach Gary Street has named a strong squad of 22, which includes 741 caps, for Wednesday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup semi final against Australia at the Twickenham Stoop, kick off 815pm.

England head into the final four showdown as top seeds after winning all three pool games with a bonus points, while Australia qualify as best runner-up from the pool stages.

Street, whose side booked their place in the semi finals after wins over Ireland, Kazakhstan and the USA, said: "This is a huge game and as such we have picked an extremely experienced side to take on the Australian challenge."

"It’s certainly going to be exciting to play at the Stoop and we are hoping to have the same great support that we have enjoyed at the Surrey Sports Park."

“The Australian England rivalry is great in every sporting contest and I am sure it will be no different on Wednesday. This is going to be a tough semi final and we won’t be taking anything for granted.

"There are definitely no easy games in a world cup semi final."
 
England
 
15 Danielle Waterman (Worcester), 14 Charlotte Barras (Saracens), 13 Emily Scarratt (Lichfield), 12 Alice Richardson (Richmond), 11 Fiona Pocock (Richmond), 10 Katy McLean (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks) VC, 9 Amy Turner (Richmond), 1 Rochelle Clark (Team Northumbria), 2 Amy Garnett (Saracens), 3 Rosemarie Crowley (Lichfield),4 Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), 5 Jo McGilchrist (Wasps), 6 Heather Fisher (Worcester), 7 Margaret Alphonsi (Saracens), 8 Catherine Spencer (Bristol) Captain
 
Replacements:16 Emma Croker (Richmond), 17 Sophie Hemming (Bristol), 18 Becky Essex (Richmond), 19 Sarah Beale ,Lichfield), 20 La Toya Mason (Richmond), 21 Rachael Burford (Richmond), 22 Michaela Staniford (Wasps)

 


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Some action shot from the England v USA game

WRWC Tamara Taylor -Seiser Photography

Tamara Taylor Darlington Mowden Park Sharks - Photo Seiser Photography.

Some interesting stats......

England are the leading point scorers at WRWC 2010 with 146 with New Zealand (128) the only other side to have broken through the 100-point barrier. Australia's emphatic win over South Africa leaves them on 93, just ahead of Canada (85).  Source IRB

WRWC Sarah Beale -Seiser Photography

Sarah Beal Lichfield- Photo Seiser Photography.

New Zealand and England have both averaged 7.33 tries per match in the pool stages after touching down 22 times, significantly better than anyone else with Australia the next best with 4.67. 

WRWC Rochelle Clark -Seiser Photography

 Rochelle Clark Team Northumbria - Photo Seiser Photography.

England have converted 15 of their 22 tries, in comparison to only nine of New Zealand's 22 being turned

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England v Australia - Women's Rugby World Cup Semi Final
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Date: 31/08/2010 11:20

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Re: England v Australia - Women's Rugby World Cup Semi Final
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Date: 01/09/2010 22:30

Won 15-0 in a very exciting game.
Black Ferns cruised past a very disappointing French side that just didn't turn up. Nothing new there then.
It's the expected England-NZ final on Sunday.
The Ferns have had a very comfortable route to the final and haven't been tested at all.
They will be tested to the extreme by the battle hardened England team
England by 3

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