Australia lost 21-17 to New Zealand in the ladies’ rugby sevens world series event in Canada, but they took a large stride towards Olympic qualification. A good deal-improved Australian facet matched the top-ranked Kiwis’ three attempts in an interesting decider in Langford on Monday (AEDT) but may want to save you a 6th instantly loss in trans-Tasman fits.
However, John Manenti’s side did enough to cement their fourth place within the collection and guarantee their berth at the subsequent year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. After four leading vents in Biarritz, France, the leading four groups in June robotically qualify. Australia is 14 points clear of fifth-ranked France, so they will be assured of lining up for their gold medal defense if they reach the quarter-finals.
The return from Charlotte Caslick’s injury changed into a lift for the Olympic champions, whose 29 tries inside the Canada event became six more than New Zealand managed. Ellia Green scored eight of them, such as a double inside the very last at the same time as Emma Tonegato also crossed on the stroke of half-time to go away from Australia trailing 14-12. Tonegato bagged a brace inside the essential 26-19 semi-very the last win over France, within the procedure, becoming the 1/3 Australian to reach a century of worldwide collection tries. The others are Emilee Cherry and Green.
Australia effectively gained three pool video games and accounted for Russia 31-12 in the region finals.
However, they haven’t tasted fulfillment at a global collection tournament for 16 months because they beat New Zealand at the 2018 Sydney final.
The Kiwis have received 4 of this season’s five tournaments and are assured of gambling in Tokyo in conjunction with the U.S. and Canada. The 2007 Rugby World Cup in France proved just how big rugby is. Spectator figures for the live championship bashed through the 2 million barriers in true rugby form for the first time in the tournament’s history, according to the sport’s ruling body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). An estimated 4.2 billion television viewers were glued to their T.V. screens during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Television coverage doubled worldwide in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Asia.
There wasn’t any doubt that television viewers in South Africa and the entire southern hemisphere would be responsible for a giant megawatt spike during the championship. Still, it was a surprise that broadcast viewings shot up dramatically in Russia, India, Canada, and the USA, proving that rugby is hitting the global market in a major way.
And no wonder. Both the pool stages and the knock-out rounds at the 2007 Rugby World Cup were exceptionally high-standard, gripping fans with megawatt levels of intensity. The fight and skill played out on the pitch were relentless. Rugby is a game with complex psychology that requires the tactics to match and, of course, the “will kill” studded with great punch-ups, stomping, eye-gouging, etc., that make it like no other game on earth.
If 2007 was anything to go by, the world could expect the perfect rugby storm to hit New Zealand in 2011.
After months of speculation about whether the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on Friday, November 30th, 2007, that the 2011 Rugby World Cup tournament would again feature 20 teams. Twelve teams have already qualified due to finishing in the top 3 in each pool in the 2007 tournament, leaving eight qualifying berths up for grabs. Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Tonga, and Wales have qualified thus far.
There are sure to be many twists and turns between now and 2011. Three long years stand between us and the championship – plenty of time for heavy arsenals to be built. The 2011 World Cup is set to be an all-out war.
Before the inaugural Rugby World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand in May and June of 1987, there were only regional international rugby union competitions. Although the Rugby World Cup is a relatively recent event, the raw, complex, and beautiful game of rugby has been around for a long time.
The legendary “Six Nations Championship” began in 1883 as the “Home Nations” championship between England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In 1910, the “Home Nations” became the “Five Nations,” and France stepped across the Channel to join the tournament. From 1931 to 1939, France did not participate, and the championship again became the “Home Nations.” In 2000, Italy joined to make it the “Six Nations.”
