France V South Africa: Women’s Rugby World Cup – Live

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Loads of fans. A stadium buzzing. Perfect conditions for moving rugby. Two teams pinch virtually thing to suffer arsenic they’ve some already qualified for nan quarterfinals.

It’s nan past crippled of nan group stages and though some France and South Africa will already person their thoughts connected nan adjacent round, this provides a awesome opportunity to robust retired immoderate kinks and acerb trial a fewer caller moves earlier things get superior adjacent week.

France will commencement arsenic dense favourites today. They’re among nan large 4 alongside England, Canada and New Zealand and should person small problem against nan South Africans who only hit a top-10 classed squad for nan first clip past week erstwhile nan downed Italy by 5 points successful a historical 29-24 triumph. For context, France swept nan Italians 24-0 and could person had more.

South Africa person a powerfulness crippled to lucifer nan French which should beryllium a decent situation for nan acheronian horses from crossed nan English Channel. And if nan Boks backs tin spot capable of nan ball, they’ll want to show that they Saffas are much than 1 dimensional bruisers.

I’m expecting a comparatively comfortable scoreline but will beryllium paying adjacent attraction to nan shapes and patterns retired there. When each is said and done, we mightiness person a fewer questions answered.

Kick-off is astatine 4:45 p.m. BST.

Teams, updates and different bits to come.

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