Australia cops daunting World Cup finals draw

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Australia volition play tourney favourites England successful the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals adjacent play arsenic Sunday's last excavation games locked the jigsaw pieces into position.

The Wallaroos booked their finals summons with a tense 13-7 triumph implicit Wales connected Saturday.

The squad past sat backmost and watched their rivals jockey for playoff presumption arsenic Italy, Canada and England each recorded victories astatine Waitakere Stadium connected Sunday.

"Playing Australia volition beryllium fantastic as we don't get galore opportunities to play against them. It volition beryllium a large contest," England manager Simon Middleton said.

In the different quarterfinals, defending champions New Zealand volition play Wales, Canada volition instrumentality connected the United States and France volition conscionable Italy.

Australia finished sixth connected the combined excavation standings, mounting up a daunting day with third-placed England, who thrashed South Africa 75-0.

Lock Rosie Galligan scored a hat-trick for England.

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Wallaroos halfback catches Wales napping

The nonrecreational England outfit has won 27 consecutive games and volition commencement red-hot favourites against the Wallaroos, who mislaid to New Zealand but bushed Scotland successful excavation play.

"We decidedly cognize that we tin amended connected that performance, that's for sure," Wallaroos manager Jay Tregonning said aft the Wales win.

"Getting done to the quarterfinals was our extremity from the opening truthful it's a immense alleviation to beryllium through. Now we request to get done the knockout stages and everything is connected the cards again... it's a expansive last each week now.

"We'll hole for each crippled similar it's a expansive last and effort to advancement arsenic acold arsenic we can.

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"We're going to effort and springiness the girls a spot of a freshen up successful the week and past absorption our grooming astatine the extremity of the week. I conscionable deliberation they decidedly request a interruption arsenic they person been moving hard for the past 4 weeks we've been together. So, we'll effort to freshen them up a small spot and past get ripped in."

The Wallaroos person adopted a 'whatever it takes' mantra astatine the World Cup and should beryllium capable to play with state against the heavy fancied English side.

"It's monolithic for this radical of girls to person travel each this mode and marque it to the quarterfinals," Australia skipper Shannon Parry said.

"That was the archetypal container we wanted to tick and we made it and present the tourney opens up... subject is thing we request to tighten up for sure. Obviously, determination were a fewer little penalties this week but we truly privation to marque them arsenic minimal arsenic possible.

"So that's thing we'll look astatine again during the week and we should tighten it up travel adjacent week successful the quarterfinals... this radical has travel a agelong mode since the commencement of the year."

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ITALY CREATE WORLD CUP HISTORY

Melissa Bettoni scored a effort with little than 2 minutes remaining to clinch Italy's 21-8 triumph implicit Japan which propelled it into the quarterfinals.

They became the archetypal Italian rugby team, antheral oregon female, to scope a World Cup knockout round.

Until Bettoni plunged implicit the enactment amongst a radical of forwards successful the 78th minute, Italy's onslaught had sputtered and relied connected 3 penalties from centre Michela Sillari for a brittle 14-8 lead.

Italy was stretched to the bounds by Japan, who had nary accidental of reaching the quarterfinals but went retired of the tourney with a bold show which astir upset Italy's progression.

Japan was coagulated successful defence and astatine times stretched Italy with an expansive attack.

Both teams scored a effort successful the archetypal fractional and Italy relied connected Sillari, whose archetypal punishment gave it a 8-5 halftime pb and whose 2nd broke a deadlock aft Japan had equalised successful the 49th minute.

Italy is known arsenic an attacking broadside of immoderate quality.

But it had an disconnected time and its backmost play broke down owed to handling errors often forced by antiaircraft unit from Japan.

The 2nd fractional was a slog and Italy, incapable to breach the Japan defence, was forced to spell to Sillari's footwear for its winning edge.

Italy's opening effort came successful the ninth infinitesimal and was 1 of the brightest points successful a comparatively drab match.

From a lineout, Italy dispersed the shot wide and Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi played a cardinal relation successful keeping the shot live and drafting successful defenders earlier offloading.

She passed to winger Aura Muzzo who had abstraction connected the near flank, past chopped infield.

When she was brought down conscionable abbreviated of the line, Maria Magatti was contiguous to transportation the shot implicit the line.

Japan equalised done Kyoko Hosokawa successful the 30th infinitesimal astatine the extremity of a wide ranging determination of aggregate phases.

Italy snuffed retired attacks connected some sides of the tract but Japan kept possession and yet recovered a spread for Hosokawa to score.

From them connected the footwear of Sillari became predominant.

She edged her squad up astatine halftime, Japan drew level, past Sillari added 2 penalties for a 14-8 pb earlier Bettoni made the lucifer safe.

"Not happy, nary power successful the match," Italy manager Andrea di Giandomenico said.

"For our squad we mislaid possession, had nary control. We are blessed of people but arsenic a squad we person enactment to do."

CANADA UNDERLINES TITLE CREDENTIALS

World No.3 Canada burnished its representation arsenic a rubric contender with a 29-14 triumph implicit perennial rival the United States which completed a cleanable expanse of radical matches.

Canada goes into the quarterfinals arsenic the 2nd effect and arsenic 1 of lone 3 teams on with England and New Zealand to person an unbeaten grounds successful its group.

The lucifer had the bruising quality of a derby brushwood with Canada utilizing its backs successful the archetypal fractional to transportation the shot powerfully and astatine pace, crashing from extent into a pugnacious US antiaircraft line, acceptable level and determined not to yield.

Canada managed 3 archetypal fractional tries and led 19-7 astatine the break.

But the US yielded those points grudgingly and Canada had to usage each of its accomplishment and immoderate persistence to make scoring chances.

The US besides was resourceful.

Aware that Canada's lineout and the rolling mauls that make from it is 1 of its strengths, the US forwards simply refused to prosecute the maul and without absorption players committed, the maul became illegal.

Canada inactive managed to physique its pb done the archetypal half.

With crisp handling and nonstop moving it was capable to determination the shot rapidly to the flanks wherever it was capable to enforce immoderate accent connected the US defence which was level and stretched wide.

Canada's archetypal effort came aft lone six minutes to hooker Emily Tuttosi from 1 of a fewer mauls it was capable to marshal successfully.

A breakout tally by Alysha Corrigan acceptable up the adjacent effort which was scored by Alex Tessier.

Corrigan recovered a spot kick, ran powerfully and was supported by the Canada forwards who took the shot to the line.

The US replied with a effort to Alev Kelter who carried the shot guardant adjacent the 22m enactment past featured again wide retired with a beardown scoring tally done ineffective tackles.

Paige Farries added different for Canada conscionable earlier the break.

The US mislaid nary fans successful defeat.

It frustrated Canada for agelong periods successful the 2nd half, often winning breakdown penalties and yet securing its 2nd try.

Canada needed 20 minutes to adhd to its halftime tally, yet driving Olivia DeMerchant implicit the US line.

US skipper Kate Zackary was rewarded for an outstanding lucifer with a effort successful the 71st minute.

But Canada had the last accidental with a effort connected the fulltime siren to Mikiela Nelson.

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