2019 Women's Rugby Super Series Explained
The 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series was the third series of the Women's Rugby Super Series, a women's international rugby union competition featuring the best-ranked sides. Unlike the previous editions of the Super Series in 2015 and 2016 which featured four teams, the 2019 edition featured five. The teams were the top five ranked in the world, hosts the United States, defending champions Canada, 2016 debutants France, Six Nations Grand Slam champions and two-time runners-up England, and 2015 champions and current world champions New Zealand.[1] The tournament was won by New Zealand with England second and France third.[2] [3]
Table
Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Table points |
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | | |
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1 | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 58 | +54 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
2 | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 78 | +12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
3 | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 86 | +29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
4 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 93 | -2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
5 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 142 | -101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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[4] [5] Fixtures
28 June
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FB | 15 | | | | RW | 14 | Bui Baravilala | OC | 13 | Alev Kelter | IC | 12 | | | | LW | 11 | Jennine Duncan | FH | 10 | | | | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | | | | OF | 7 | Joycelynn Taufa | BF | 6 | Katherine Zackary (c) | RL | 5 | Stacey Bridges | LL | 4 | | | | TP | 3 | | | | HK | 2 | Joanna Kitlinkski | LP | 1 | | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | | | | PR | 17 | | | | PR | 18 | | | | LK | 19 | | | | FL | 20 | | | | | | CE | 21 | | | | WG | 22 | | | | FH | 23 | | | | | | Coach: | Rob Cain | |
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2 July
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FB | 15 | | | | RW | 14 | Bui Baravilala | OC | 13 | Amy Talei Bonte | IC | 12 | Alev Kelter | LW | 11 | Kris Thomas | FH | 10 | | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Katherine Zackary (c) | OF | 7 | Joycelynn Taufa | BF | 6 | | | | RL | 5 | Alycia Washington | LL | 4 | | | | TP | 3 | Nick James | HK | 2 | | | | LP | 1 | | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | | | | PR | 17 | | | | PR | 18 | | | | LK | 19 | | | | LK | 20 | | | | SH | 21 | | | | CE | 22 | | | | CE | 23 | | | | Coach: | Rob Cain | |
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6 July
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10 July
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FB | 15 | Alev Kelter | RW | 14 | Kris Thomas | OC | 13 | Emily Henreich | IC | 12 | | | | LW | 11 | Jennine Duncan | FH | 10 | | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Katherine Zackary (c) | OF | 7 | | | | BF | 6 | Rachel Johnson | RL | 5 | | | | LL | 4 | Kristine Sommar | TP | 3 | | | | HK | 2 | | | | LP | 1 | | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | | | | PR | 17 | | | | PR | 18 | | | | LK | 19 | | | | FL | 20 | | | | WG | 21 | | | | FH | 22 | | | | CE | 23 | | | | Coach: | Rob Cain | |
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14 July
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FB | 15 | Alev Kelter | RW | 14 | Neariah Persinger | OC | 13 | Emily Henreich | IC | 12 | | | | | | LW | 11 | Jennine Duncan | FH | 10 | | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Katherine Zackary (c) | | | OF | 7 | | | | BF | 6 | Rachel Johnson | RL | 5 | Stacey Bridges | LL | 4 | Nicole Strasko | TP | 3 | | | | HK | 2 | | | | LP | 1 | | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | | | | PR | 17 | | | | PR | 18 | | | | LK | 19 | | | | FL | 20 | | | | SH | 21 | | | | WG | 22 | | | | WG | 23 | | | | | | Coach: | Rob Cain | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2019-06-27 . World's best converge on San Diego for Super Series . 2022-05-08 . www.world.rugby.
- Web site: 2019-07-14 . New Zealand stop England to earn Super Series title . 2022-05-08 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: New Zealand win Super Series to stay on top of the world . 2022-05-08 . www.women.rugby . en.
- Web site: 2019-07-14 . Women's Rugby Super Series: Table, results and fixtures . 2022-05-08 . Sky Sports . en.
- Web site: 2019 Women's Rugby Super Series . 2022-05-09 . USA Rugby.