Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host
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@rapido said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
The 2017 tournament set attendance records for a Women’s World Cup. The tournament drew 45,412 fans over 30 matches. The final was played in front of a crowd of 17,115, and the pool matches sold out.
37% of the entire tournament crowd was made up of the grand final.
Pool matches sold out? All of them? But that was 28,000 people? Confused ....
I remember the World Cup final was an excellent game, I reckon with some good marketing and a successful NZ run, the crowds could actually be OK.
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@kiwipie said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
@rapido said in Womens RWC 2021 -NZ to host:
The 2017 tournament set attendance records for a Women’s World Cup. The tournament drew 45,412 fans over 30 matches. The final was played in front of a crowd of 17,115, and the pool matches sold out.
37% of the entire tournament crowd was made up of the grand final.
Pool matches sold out? All of them? But that was 28,000 people? Confused ....
I remember the World Cup final was an excellent game, I reckon with some good marketing and a successful NZ run, the crowds could actually be OK.
Yes, confusing.
All of the pool games were played at University playing fields. We'd be talking attendances in the 100s. It could also just be bollocks that pool matches were sold out, as its wikipedia.
Kingspan wasn't used until the semis and final, and also for Ireland's game in the 5th to 8th playoffs. These matches, e.g the semifinals, were also double headers at same stadium.
Kingspan used for 6 games over 5 matchdays. The
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World Rugby announces new Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 Qualification Pathway
* Women’s Rugby World Cup to host a Repechage tournament for the first time in its history * Process offers more unions qualification opportunities including an exciting new European and expanded Oceania competition * The top seven placed teams from WRWC 2017 have already secured automatic qualification * Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 is the ninth edition of the tournament * The 12-team competition will be hosted by New Zealand, marking the first time it will take place in the Southern HemisphereRegional Women’s Rugby World Cup qualification pathway tournaments; * Oceania: The expanded Oceania Women’s Rugby Championship 2019 will act as the WRWC 2021 qualifier with the winner qualifying directly to WRWC 2021 * Rugby Europe: For the first time in Europe, a standalone qualification tournament will be held in September 2020. Ireland, Italy and Scotland will be joined by the winner of the 2020 Rugby Europe women’s championship with the winner qualifying directly to WRWC 2021 * Asia Rugby: The existing Asia Rugby Women’s Championship 2020 will act as the WRWC 2021 qualifier with the winner qualifying directly to WRWC 2021 * Rugby Africa: A new women’s competition to be held in August 2019 will act as the WRWC 2021 qualifier with the winner qualifying directly to WRWC 2021 * South America: A WRWC 2021 qualification competition will be held in 2020. The winner will progress to a play-off between the second-placed team from the Africa regional tournament to determine the fourth team to compete in the Repechage. The final team to qualify for WRWC 2021 will be decided via the new Repechage tournament, which will take place in 2020. The tournament will comprise of the second placed teams in the Asia, Europe and Oceania regional tournaments and the winner of the play-off between South America and second-placed team from the Africa regional qualifier.Last year World Rugby announced a progressive remodelling of Women’s Rugby World Cup format ahead of 2021 to boost team and fan experience alike which included: * A revised match schedule guaranteeing longer rest periods which will greatly benefit player welfare * The addition of the quarter-final stage to allow teams a further opportunity to play for a higher position. * With the longer rest periods and additional play-off stage, the total tournament window will increase from 23 to 35 days * Furthering World Rugby’s commitment to prioritising player welfare by increasing tournament squad sizes from 28 to 30 players. The schedule of regional qualification tournaments and the Women’s Rugby World Cup Repechage will be announced later this year. -
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@Stargazer and @other womens rugby followers does NZR release the 7s players for the RWC? You'd want that talent, especially in the backs when going for the cup.
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@Nepia Yes. A good number of the BF 7s team were involved in the last RWC team.
I will be interested in how many from outside the upper NI travel to watch games.
Edit: Here was the team for the 2017 final. Bolded are current/former sevens players.
Selica Winiata; Portia Woodman, Stacey Waaka, Kelly Brazier, Renee Wickliffe; Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali, Kendra Cocksedge; Toka Natua, Fiao'o Faamausili (capt), Aldora Itunu, Eloise Blackwell, Charmaine Smith, Charmaine McMenamin, Sarah Goss, Aroha Savage.
Replacements: Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate, Sosoli Talawadua, Aleisha Nelson, Rebecca Wood, Lesley Ketu, Kristina Sue, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Carla Hohepa
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@Stargazer When is the team being named?
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Full Details: bit.ly/bollocksitisnotfulldetailsbutatersearticlewhereisthefixturelistffs
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The draw for the Women's RWC has just taken place. Pool C seems the toughest pool with both England and France.
I really hope that COVID-19 won't spoil the tournament and that Kiwis embrace it and turn up to watch. We're such bad supporters of women's rugby compared to the 6 Nations countries.
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@Stargazer how the fuck can they organise this so close to the cup, am impossible task, surely? I thought it takes three fucking years to sort it out, based on standings that are essentially ancient history
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@Machpants Haha, you don't really need an answer to that, do you? But in case you do: fewer teams and very few international and national travelling fans (this applies even more in this time of COVID), so easier logistics.
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@Stargazer really is bollocks cos World Rugby are crap. Football world cup is drawn within a year, rugby should do the same. Cos we ended up with a ninth ranked team in the top band at the time of the draw, god knows what it will be like buy the time off the tournament. They should just do thr whole lot totally random
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Don't like the three pool set up.
@Stargazer does it work like Olympic 6s? ie., top qualifiers plus best runner-up to semis?
Seems both brutally cutthroat and and only unfair.
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@Bovidae Ranked 4th in the world. May have to do with the fact that they were well beaten by Canada during the International Super Series, last year. Couldn't do anything to change their position, this year, after losing 10 -33 to England, last week and not getting further than a draw against Scotland, the week before.
