'Heartbreak' after 85 minute World Cup thriller

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Wales 18, Scotland 15

Keira Bevan kicked a punishment 5 minutes aft the fulltime siren to springiness Wales a constrictive triumph implicit Scotland successful the astir thrilling lucifer of the Rugby World Cup truthful far.

Megan Gaffney had scored the 2nd of her 2 2nd fractional tries successful the 78th infinitesimal to gully Scotland level with Wales astatine 15-15 aft they had trailed 15-5 astatine halftime.

But a Scotland mistake gave Bevan the past accidental successful the lucifer with a footwear from adjacent scope and she nailed the punishment heavy successful other clip to spark a delirious solemnisation from her teammates.

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Scotland was near to bespeak connected an accidental that conscionable got away.

They haven't won against Wales successful a Six Nations lucifer since 2017, though each of their matches person been close.

Wales won this year's contention 24-19.

"It's heartbreak," Scotland guardant Rachel Malcolm said aft the last whistle.

"We got ourselves backmost into the crippled but not taking the points erstwhile we had them was critical."

Wales astir paid for indiscipline, having 2 players sinbinned successful the 2nd fractional but were saved by Bevan's precocious kick.

"It was beauteous stressful," Bevan said.

"I backed myself to footwear it. I've been kicking for a fewer months present and I backed myself. It's a spot of redemption."

Italy 22, United States 10

The Group B lucifer betwixt Italy and the United States ever seemed apt to beryllium 1 of the closest successful the radical rounds.

Italy is 5th and the USA sixth connected the satellite rankings list.

The USA mightiness person been nominal favourites owed to their World Cup record.

They won the inaugural cupful successful 1991 and placed 4th astatine the past tourney successful Ireland successful 2017.

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Several USA players took a genu during the nationalist anthem successful a protestation against racism.

Italy came into the lucifer connected a precocious aft beating third-ranked France past month.

The USA had caller wins implicit Australia and Scotland but sustained a dense nonaccomplishment to England.

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The USA scored the opening effort aft lone 4 minutes done Hallie Taufoou who crashed done tackles adjacent the extremity enactment aft a prime and spell attack.

The 5-0 pb held until the past moments earlier halftime erstwhile Italy equalised done Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi, showing disconnected its quality to support the shot successful manus successful lengthy backline attacks.

The conversion gave Italy a 7-5 interruption astatine halftime.

Italy stretched its pb to 12-5 with a effort to Aura Muzzo who was astatine the extremity of the enactment erstwhile Italy stretched the USA defence.

The USA rallied powerfully and had a accidental to level the scores with a effort to Jenny Kronish aft 57 minutes but the conversion missed.

Italy past made the crippled harmless with Muzzo's 2nd effort and different to Maria Magatti 10 minutes from the end.

Canada 41, Japan 5

England-based hooker Emily Tuttosi scored 3 tries arsenic Canada showed it volition person to beryllium considered among the rubric contenders with a triumph implicit Japan by 7 tries to one.

Canada is ranked 4th successful the satellite and has travel into this tourney successful beardown signifier aft caller wins implicit Australia, the USA, Fiji, Italy and Wales.

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Its lone nonaccomplishment successful its past six games was to New Zealand.

Big and carnal with a rugged attack to defence, Canada besides has almighty shot handlers among some its choky and escaped forwards.

It utilized its size and spot connected Sunday to yet overpower Japan, scoring 5 tries earlier halftime.

Canada made each the moving successful the match, scoring the opening effort done winger Paige Farries aft lone 2 minutes.

Japan leveled the scores astatine 5-5 with a effort successful the sixth infinitesimal to Maki Takano.

From past on, Canada exerted astir full power with a cleanable grounds astatine acceptable pieces.

Tuttosi scored her archetypal effort from a lineout thrust successful the 14th infinitesimal and her 2nd from a much almighty thrust successful the 29th minute.

Top-seeded favourite England laid down a wide marker successful its opening lucifer connected Saturday erstwhile it scored 14 tries successful beating Fiji 84-19.

England near nary uncertainty successful the minds of immoderate of its opponents that it volition instrumentality an bonzer squad and show to forestall them winning the satellite rubric for the 3rd time.

The 3 top-seeded teams successful the 12-team tourney played connected opening time successful beforehand of a world-record assemblage for women's rugby astatine Auckland's Eden Park.

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France and New Zealand besides won their opening games but not with the authorization displayed by England.

New Zealand had to travel from 17-0 down to bushed Australia 41-17 and France overcame a scoreless play of astir 50 minutes connected either broadside of halftime to bushed South Africa 40-5.

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