France Into World Cup Last Eight With Huge Win

Women's Rugby World Cup - Pool D

France (53) 84

Tries: Boulard (2), Morland, Bourdon, Arbey (2), Deshayes, M Menager (2), Queyroi, Okemba (2), Konde, Tuy Cons: Queyroi (7)

Brazil (0) 5

Tries: Bianca Silva

France eased into nan Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals by thrashing minnows Brazil 84-5 astatine Sandy Park successful Exeter.

Les Bleues scored 14 tries, including 9 successful nan first half.

But Brazil enjoyed arguably nan infinitesimal of nan lucifer erstwhile they scored their first effort astatine a Women's Rugby World Cup done Bianca Silva, nan substitute throwing a dummy and moving three-quarters of nan magnitude of nan pitch.

Silva's superb second-half effort stung France into renewed action and they responded pinch 2 much tries wrong 5 minutes.

By not claiming a prize constituent successful their 24-0 triumph complete Italy successful their first outing, France person 9 points aft 2 matches and are still successful 2nd spot successful Group D down leaders South Africa.

The apical 2 play each different adjacent Sunday, pinch whoever finishes nan group successful 2nd spot apt to look World Cup holders New Zealand successful nan quarter-finals.

It was one-way postulation from nan outset, pinch Emilie Boulard crossing aft only 5 minutes and Marie Morland going complete almost instantly from nan restart.

Tries from Pauline Bourdon Sansus, Kelly Arbey and Annaelle Deshaye took France to a 31-0 lead conscionable aft halfway done nan first half, pinch only Lina Queyroi's missed conversions keeping nan people down slightly.

Queyroi added to her points tally pinch a effort of her ain while Seraphine Okemba besides scored, and nan 2nd of 2 tries for Marine Menager ensured that France were 53-0 up astatine nan break.

Les Bleues were threatening to surpass their grounds 99-0 triumph complete Japan astatine nan 1994 World Cup, but they slowed down a touch successful nan 2nd half. Okemba, Boulard and Nassira Konde added much tries earlier Silva lit up nan evening and brought nan crowd astatine Sandy Park to its feet.

Brazil turned complete a France line-out wrong their ain 22 and quickly fed nan shot retired to Silva. She fooled 3 French players pinch a sublime dummy earlier racing distant for her country's first effort successful their first quality successful nan competition, and was quickly engulfed by her team-mates.

Further tries from Lina Tuy and Arbey saw nan lucifer resume its earlier course, but Silva's historical effort saw her mobbed by Brazil fans connected nan touchline aft nan last whistle.