France vs Italy in the quarter-finals on October 29 in Whangarei

France vs Italy in the quarter-finals on October 29 in Whangarei

France’s 15th women’s team, who finished fourth at the end of the World Cup group stage in New Zealand, will face Italy, V, in the quarter-finals, Saturday 22 October in Whangarei (North) at 4:30 pm local time (5:30 am local time). Paris).

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France’s Mile Villeponn against Fiji during the Rugby World Cup on October 22 in Whangarei, New Zealand.
Photo: VNA / CVN

The French and Italians have already faced each other three times this year: during the Six Nations Championship (the Blues win 39-6), and then in the World Cup warm-up matches (France win 21-0 and then lose 26-19). .

At the end of the group stage, the eight teams that qualified for the playoffs are, in order, as follows: New Zealand (15 points), Canada (15), England (14), France (11), Italy (9), Australia (8), United States (5) and Wales (5)World Rugby announced in a press release on Sunday, October 23.

Based on this ranking, the quarter-finals were determined according to the following principle: 1Dr against 8e2e against 7eetc.

So they will go against France, Italy and New Zealand to Wales on Saturday 29 October at the Northland event centre, then England to Australia and Canada to the United States on Sunday 30 October at Waitakere Stadium.

The winners of next weekend’s matches will meet in the semi-finals on Saturday 5 November in Eden Park, while the losers will be eliminated from the tournament.

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France took second place in Group C behind the “Red Roses”, the top candidate for the competition, with two victories over South Africa (40-5) and Fiji (44-0) and a defeat against England (13-7).

AFP / VNA / CVN

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