Can England top the pool with victory over South Africa? | RWC2021 Highlights

England face South Africa in the final pool game with the Red Rose looking to go into the knockout stages top of the pool!
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[@WorldRugby]

Which team is most likely to stop England winning streak? Let us know in the comments!

[@wwerocksinstyle]

If france turn up in the knockouts theres always an outside chance🧐

[@squidandchips]

New Zealand's backs are very, very good - especial Portia Woodman, Ruby Tui and Stacey Fluhler. If England let the NZ forwards have parity, NZ will win. England have the better pack, but the ball retention needs to be a step up from the France game. England are certainly well capable of keeping a lid on the NZ pack. Go Red roses!!

[@lost_boy]

Definitely France, as they seem to have figured out how to stop the Red Roses from scoring.

[@cityofghosts4037]

I think some sort of freak natural disaster, but even then I still back this side

[@patrickforde7684]

Who cares ?? Certainly not many people, judging by the sparse crowds at these amateur games.

[@davidharvey4059]

Hats off to Abbie Dow. Brave girl to come back so soon from such a horrible injury

[@lost_boy]

Hopefully a defeat like this will get South African Rugby Union to invest in the women's game. England have shown the blueprint for the women's game, and it involves investment and full professionalism.

[@scarlettcaporn8765]

Couldn’t have put it better myself

[@naruto-uzumaki164]

It's very true. Here in South Africa boys will be playing rugby as soon as they can hold a ball but most girls will practically never touch one. School girl rugby and the like is pretty much non existent so some more focus and introducing the sport in schools would definitely change things up. Would be interesting to see the results. Props to England for the win, tough lesson for our girls that's for sure.

[@georgetanga6757]

The level of play throughout this tournament has been nothing but exceptional! From all teams but I think England are the team to beat to be honest. NZ supporter

[@squidandchips]

Excellent work from the English pack. Great to see Marlie Packer and Poppy Cleall back in tandem!

[@paulallum6738]

Emphatic win Roses, great show of power rugby. Loved every minute of it🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@tebogonkhasi3553]

Sorry for loss boks, this is shame to SARU not you guys, it's embarrassing how they don't take your efforts Serious. I hope Rassie keeps his promise and improve our women's rugby.

[@bigtony1434]

I hope so too. Happy for the English team but we’re a top tier rugby nation and shouldn’t be losing like this. Hopefully some changes are made

[@tebogonkhasi3553]

@@bigtony1434 it's really not nice

[@Freebird67]

Amazing ladies very proud of you keep going we are all with you uk veteran

[@JSL2000]

As long as South Africa invest nothing more than lip service in the womens game, results like this will carry on. There is unbelievable talent and potential in South Africa. Look at the size of the potential playing pool in a rugby mad nation. But, with little investment right back to the girls under 8 teams, what's the point.

[@scarlettcaporn8765]

Brilliant comment

[@Seanc74]

These ladies are something else, absolute fire 🔥

[@steveredman2439]

Great stuff from our England girls.

[@LeornianCyng]

No need for a spoiler free title, it’s not going to change the 75-0 result lol. The commentator for this match was excellent. Brilliant performance by England, stunning tries.🌹

[@clarke1319]

Rikki Swannell, a NZer , also a regular on the World Series 7s.

[@sebby5700]

Really proud of our women smashing it so well! Need to be careful with NZ though as they’re looking pretty fire at the moment

[@scarlettcaporn8765]

So true- can’t get too comfortable can we 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jasonv5151]

Maybe this loss will open our eyes.I hope they talk about this on every SA sport and news Channel.

[@firkinflyer]

Some great offloads and handling, brilliant result👍

[@michaelross7153]

75-0 In a World Cup Match, against South Africa. One love X Looking forward to seeing the cup presented across the Country.

[@pauljamison3340]

75-0 against a team of amateur players who play about once a year. Yeah really well done!!!!

[@michaelross7153]

@@pauljamison3340Is this banter? We've just stuck 75 points on a Rugby fairing Nation. Compared to their none. Remember that. One love X

[@tebogonkhasi3553]

@@michaelross7153 those girls are not professionals it's weird how you take so much confidence out of this, after this the South Africans are going back to their 9 to 5 jobs.

[@pauljamison3340]

@@michaelross7153 A (male ) rugby fairing nation!! You need to do some research on the SA womans team!!!

[@dantewalters5209]

Michael Ross. Women's rugby is insignificant in South Africa. No one even knew they were playing today, so you have little to be proud of.

[@pljms]

Abby Dow's try late in the second half was the only one of the thirteen scored by a back and it wasn't included in the highlights, yet a disallowed try by Rosie Galligan was!

[@clarke1319]

And?

[@BenjWarrant]

@@clarke1319 And that seems unreasonable.

[@clarke1319]

@@BenjWarrant And you seemingly are one of those hard to please people. Is that unreasonable?

[@just.some.things3945]

Loving the spoiler free titles

[@SandSMat]

With Tatiana Heard, Rosie Galagan, Connie Powell and Sadia Kabaya playing so well, to me that's a real headache for Simon Middleton selection for the next games. I wish I knew what has happened to Zoe Harrison's dead ball kicking. A couple of seasons ago she couldn't miss - 15 or more points lost could be the difference between winning or losing. Well played Red Roses.

[@neill392]

They've introduced a new ball for the competition, both kickers and hookers have been complaining about it. Great for kicking from hand because the flight characteristics make catching more difficult, but awful off a kicking tee. My understanding is that it feels too light. Hopefully the more they use it, the better it will be.

[@1Molehill]

Harrison's kicking has been very hit and miss at times over the last few years, that's why Scazz normal does it. Even during open play, when she's struggling to accurately kick into corners, you'll see Hannah Roland run up from the centre's position to take it for her.

[@treecko7424]

English kickers don't do well in NZ for some reason. The same thing happened to Wilkinson in the 2011 RWC

[@neill392]

@@treecko7424 Probably for the same reason, they always introduce a new ball at world cups.

[@1Molehill]

@@treecko7424 Maybe it's the coriolis effect ;-)

[@kcb7772]

SA sent a women's rugby team to a WC tournament??? Why? Nothing has been invested in Women's Rugby by SARU.

[@dansonobakengobakeng7746]

I wonder how did we qualify 🤔

[@robinholland1136]

I hesitate to question the referee's decisions. However, there was one incident of head to head contact in the early part of the match, where the SA player injured her chin. This was not investigated by the officials. Also, I think that the yellow carded SA player was extremely lucky to be given only a yellow, as she was rising into the point of contact with the England player. Neither of these incidents had a direct influence on the result of the match, but if we're talking about player safety, I think this bears investigation. As for Sarah Bern's yellow - it was justified, so no beef there.

[@pauljamison3340]

The quality of refereeing has been poor at times!! Those woman deserve better!! There was one incident where a player got a shoulder to the head, the ref said it was low impact so it was only a yellow, the player that was hit failed a HIA so it must have been fairly hard!!! Then there is the shocking decisions and ones missed around the rucks and mauls!!!

[@thomassaunders901]

i completely agree there was an early incident where a south African sprinted in and effectively head butted an eng player during a tackle but it wasnt looked at. Also the rule in rugby is any shoulder to head contact is a direct red card so i found it weird that the ref said the first SA yellow card was passive? that is incorrect. Also the sarah bern one to be fair was actually probably a red card which is what the first south african yellow card should have been. So i think south africa should have had two reds and eng have one red because in the mens game and womens six nations, any contact between the shoulder and head is straight red.

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

@@thomassaunders901 No, thats not quite true. Any contact to the head by the tackling player is viewed as a red. But. Then r mitigating circumstances are looked at by the referee etc. (Player already going to ground for example). If there are none. Then yes its a red card. But if there are mitigating circumstances the referee can downgrade the card to a yellow.

[@phillipmiga3961]

And also the try scored in 03:33 the English player no.8 was alredy offside they gave her a forward pass and score

[@phillpowell4323]

Outstanding performance

[@kim95117]

Heard played great

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

Not sure I understand the yellow card at 0:50... Was it a TMO decision?

[@1Molehill]

Yes

[@gordonferrar7782]

Brilliant what a great squad of talented players. I'm sure they will go all the way. ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘

[@EASYTIGER10]

It's like England had 30 players on the pitch. Always 1, 2 or even 3 people on call to accept a pass or close down the opposition. Superb.

[@stue2485]

The english are like steam trains barging their way through the defence

[@bartonseagrave9605]

England are getting a lot of close games, close to a hundred points.

[@1Molehill]

Good to see Englands debutants getting their first run in a world cup. Still not convinced of Lucy Packer at scrum half

[@Gerrardboss-v2g]

Wow! England will definitely lift the cup. Well deserved ... sorry SA ladies you tried.

[@Achilles66666]

I felt a tad sorry for South Africa they were totally out of there depth also I think England need to practice there kicking there conversion rate after a try is pretty poor when they come up against better quality them extra points make all the difference 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@sebby5700]

I agree those conversions will matter when they play New Zealand or France again

[@debeerpaul]

Zero development = Zero Score. Take note SARU.

[@scarlettcaporn8765]

Exactly

[@alanhutchins5916]

Well at least Saffas not blaming a biased ref......that's new.

[@debeerpaul]

@@alanhutchins5916 Not for a score like this. Its a wipe out.

[@alanhutchins5916]

@@debeerpaul SARU, not interested in the women's game and would not have funds to develop it....

[@spidermek5416]

Other country make England andNZ look hard to beat but it's not. They are different level to 2 superpower. (NZ, England). Only this two gonna fight it out just like 2017.

[@kleinplasiediensstasie1964]

there goes bafana bafana 0 lost all thre games sad..

[@Macedonia270]

Nice!

[@davidgardiner1979]

this is what happens when amateur compete vs paid professionals in a world cup

[@rabbitss11]

Women against girls as opposed to men against boys, anyway, salutary lesson for SA

[@jahloveredeemer4093]

South Africa players seems very heavy. I presume they need to train MORE

[@creator6182]

You don't say 😂

[@JamesWilson-ts5xk]

The English gals will be hard to beat.

[@yogianderson2458]

Lets hope the male springboks do so well next year

[@markwillies7666]

Could have been worse for us wasn't 100.

[@jacqeusmouton4005]

We were lucky to get 0...

[@shanonlandon]

Go the Black Ferns!

[@Nowhere2B]

Who?

[@shanonlandon]

Gotta support our women because they sure do support the men!

[@shanonlandon]

Gotta support our women because they sure do support the men!

[@michaelvidal1971]

Not thatyoumwouldknow it from the speed they run but apparantly the five heaviest women rugby players are all English.

[@glen7670]

What a disgrace This S.A. team shouldn't even be allowed to play rugby as they are no competition.

[@1Molehill]

SA have only played 54 games so far, They beat Englands U21 squad before the tournament, and have gotta start somewhere.

[@lesterblanche1184]

They were lucky to get zero points

[@thomasmain5986]

Well done England, looking error prone from the block's, cannot afford to be cold from the start, BF's France and Canada will not be so forgiving. Let's not forget what happened to the BF's against Australia, so any of the sides in the last eight can make life difficult. As to South Africa and the quality of that team, you can only play what's in front of you, it's up to the respective Union's to give support to their player's.

[@Stand663]

England started with mostly others in the squad to give them game time. The main players were on the bench.

[@thomasmain5986]

@@Stand663 Thank's I am aware, not a excuse, they train as a squad and pride themselves that the bench enhaces the team not weaken's it. So whatever selection from the squad, it should not make any difference to performance.

[@1Molehill]

Hi Thomas, when they played France (the old foe) last weekend it was a very different style. England's most experienced team kept it tight and stayed in control over prolonged periods of the game

[@thomasmain5986]

@@1Molehill The reason they kept it tight was the French were on the hunt, any English player isolated would be stripped or concede a penalty, so working in pods was the only option, kicking the penalties, and a bit of variety 5 yard's out would have yielded a better score line, with the French making some 220 tackles and the English 80 or so, that scale of dominance should have been translated to point's. I doubt the French will have the same game plan, when they play England again, I suggest they will blitz just like the BF's and I guess Australia, England's main strength is with their forward's negating that advantage will be the focus of all the team's left in the competition.

[@1Molehill]

@@thomasmain5986 If they meet again in the final I think the Roses should be fine, because the French have an additional weakness, their nerves. In the past they've had the Roses on the rack even leading in the final minutes, before bottling it when the pressure comes on.

[@1scholes1]

good for S A

[@thomassaunders901]

my only gripe with the world cup so far is the refereeing has been wildly inconsistent. any head on head or shoulder to head contact has to be a red but they seem to only give yellow cards out. Also, there seems to be a major problem with forward passes at this world cup that the referees seem to keep missing. Australia scored with a forward pass and fiji had several foward passes against england.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

No it does not have to be a red if there is mitigation...

[@anderbotha9825]

Street wise 15

[@tangled3349]

Who needs backs 😂

[@michaelross7153]

We've just beaten South Africa, in a Rugby World Cup match. 75-0. Think about that. Not one single point scored, to 75 of ours. Just think about that.

[@tebogonkhasi3553]

Ametures vs pros. Those girls work 9 to 5 it was expected against professionals.

[@davidgardiner1979]

yes , these girls are complete amateurs , play rugby in their spare time.

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

Plus the women's rugby program had to be reinstated/revived after 2 yrs of stagnation due to Covid

[@foxyfoxyyumyum8511]

Rugby is a man’s game. Woman’s should stick to housework

[@johannespetervandermerwe3620]

they must fire the South Africa team ... where do they get these players

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

No,. they must actually put some resources into developing their womens team...

[@dougclark9921]

Looked like 15 forward vs 15 forwards

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

Nice sexist remark there.

[@AwajiIgbana]

❤🎉❤

[@jakesjacobs5075]

a whole lot of trainer's needs to be fired, including the selectors. 😠😠😠😠🤬🤬🤬🤬😳😳😳😳🙉🙉🙉🙉

[@saneysanelly5376]

True..I know most of female rugby players and they are really good but they were not selected...

[@simonglancy7070]

with the level england have been playing at for some time the only team that can eat them is the poor reff'ing team as will be shown in the final- nz get destroy in wxv1 by a full strength england with no ref help were as when they got all the bad calls in thier favour NZ squeaked a win in the final

[@commissionerdjzion2924]

I pity them, try Nigeria woman, all the england team, will cry before the match ends, trust me😂😂

[@Nowhere2B]

With laughter yes

[@lesterchetty2772]

lol 😂 Ai South Africa 🇿🇦 shame

[@finchh1688]

So unlucky! South Africa almost had it!

[@nilscoetzer6899]

This is a disgrace for South Africa

[@dantewalters5209]

Why most people don't even know they are playing. I'm a huge rugby fan, but have no interest in the women's game.

[@MartyP-lr7vw]

Reminds me of the quoteas ! most likely & expected to keep on performing at low levels under the current dismal selection criteria.

[@faniecremer4899]

There is a ZERO culture of girls rugby at school level. Many of those players is in the team to fill the quota of SARU and the corrupt ANC. My hearts breaks for the few girls that is playing well, the rest is in the team to fill empty seats.

[@MartyP-lr7vw]

@@faniecremer4899 They have selected a bunch of Sherman tanks waddling on 2 cylinders on a zinger wing bucket diet !

[@pauljohnson8302]

Not overly impressed with Packer asking for a red card rather than a yellow !

[@1Molehill]

That's Marlie's style though, she's an absolute firebrand when she's under her normal captain, which is great to protect her teammates. But with your first captaincy, comes a need for subtly which she may need to develop.

[@timoakley277]

A bit depressing to see so much stick it up your jumper driving maul stuff.

[@melvynparkerson9984]

Thats part of the game all side do it.

[@timoakley277]

@@melvynparkerson9984 still depressing

[@elrighlenee4527]

75 omw south africa woman go sell tuperware

[@randolph6437]

It's a shame the men can't do it. 😏

[@foxyfoxyyumyum8511]

Why do all these men have long hair?

[@lost_boy]

why do you come to all these videos to post sexist comments like this? Can't you just let people enjoy the women's game?

[@hariffdirkse2773]

They are a disgrace for women rugby

[@dougclark9921]

The game in SA is a disgrace for rugby, not the people playing clearly. I think back to when the NH men's teams were stuffed for years because they were semi-pro vs the SH pro men's teams.

[@lynnekirk4820]

Do people pay to go and watch this joke of a game

[@reality-always-wins.9014]

Women rugby boring

[@lancesimon3301]

These women are getting double the crowds the men are getting for the Rugby League "World" Cup in Northern England 🤣🤣

[@MichaelJones-nn7my]

Well that could of gone better 😂

[@make.oxtail.cheap.again1]

Lol is funny how everyone think the English are all professionals.

[@ellentronicmistress4969]

They are. They get paid for doing their job and that makes them professionals.

[@make.oxtail.cheap.again1]

@@ellentronicmistress4969 the contract is at international not club level

[@ellentronicmistress4969]

@@make.oxtail.cheap.again1 If they are getting paid for the job they do, they are professional.

[@make.oxtail.cheap.again1]

@@ellentronicmistress4969 I got paid I was semi as I had another full time job

[@make.oxtail.cheap.again1]

@@ellentronicmistress4969 just so that you are aware the RFU runs at a loss to subside the women's wage. Its not sustainable and the women only get paid up to 30k a year. That's nor that much with the cost of living so take that into account, but I get where your coming from.