France V Ireland: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter-final – Live

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Of nan 4 quarterfinals, this 1 has nan champion chance of being a adjacent affair.

New Zealand was ever going to person excessively overmuch for a spirited South Africa. Canada’s other heft was ever going to beryllium excessively overmuch for nan plucky Aussies. England should judge person excessively overmuch for a brave Scottish outfit.

And moreover though France will commencement arsenic favourites, and should person excessively overmuch for Ireland, we mightiness conscionable person a crippled connected here.

France swept their group pinch nan sensational Pauline Bourdon Sansus moving nan show astatine scrum-half (what is it pinch French scrummies?). But Ireland demonstrated much than pluck (though they did suffer 40-0 to New Zealand).

The Irish are classed 5th successful nan world, 1 spot down nan French, Though admittedly a whopping 7.03 points abstracted them.

How galore will abstracted them today?

We’ll find retired together erstwhile things kick-off astatine 1pm BST.

Teams, updates and immoderate reference to come.