England’s Emily Scarratt will be appearing at her fourth Rugby World Cup
WELLINGTON – Confident England are red-hot favourites but holders and hosts New Zealand will have a point to prove when the women’s Rugby World Cup starts on Saturday in record-breaking fashion.
The tournament kicks off with a mouthwatering triple bill, all at Auckland’s Eden Park, when South Africa play France, Fiji take on England and New Zealand host Australia.
More than 30,000 tickets have already been sold for the opening day, a record attendance for the women’s Rugby World Cup, eclipsing the 20,000 who saw the 2014 final in Paris.
New Zealand organisers hope it could even be a sell-out 47,000 crowd, another landmark for a competition which began in…
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