1994 Women's Rugby World Cup final

The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to decide the winner of the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup. The match was between 1991 finalists England and the United States, it took place on 24 April. England claimed their first title after beating the United States 38–23 in the Final.^[2][3][4]

1994 Rugby World Cup Final

Event	1994 Rugby World Cup
England United States 38 23
Date	24 April 1994
Venue	Edinburgh Academicals RFC, Edinburgh
Referee	Jim Fleming (Scotland)[1]
Attendance	5000
← 1991 1998 →

Route to the final

Main article: 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup

England		Round	United States
Opponent	Result	Pool stage	Opponent	Result
Russia	66–0	Match 1	Sweden	111–0
Scotland	26–0	Match 2	Japan	121–0
Team Won Drawn Lost For Against  England 2 0 0 92 0  Scotland 1 0 1 51 26  Russia 0 0 2 0 117		Final standing	Team Won Drawn Lost For Against  United States 2 0 0 232 0  Japan 1 0 1 10 126  Sweden 0 0 2 5 121
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Canada	24–10	Quarter-finals	Ireland	76–0
France	18–6	Semi-finals	Wales	56–15

England was placed in Pool B with Scotland and Russia. The defending champions, USA, were pooled with Japan and Sweden. The United States pool games was a one-sided affair as they annihilated both oppositions with nothing short of a hundred. First, was Sweden with a 111–0 trouncing, then USA beat Japan with an abysmal 121–0.^[5]

England's opponents in the Pool games also went scoreless. Russia went down 66–0 while Scotland put up a bit of a fight with the English only scoring 26 points.^[5]

Match

24 April 1994

England	38–23	United States
Try: Penalty (2) Jane Mitchell Gill Burns Jacquie Edwards Con: Karen Almond (5/5) Pen: Karen Almond		Try: Jen Crawford (2) Patricia Jervey Elise Huffer Pen: Jos Bergman

Edinburgh Academicals RFC

FB 15 Jane Mitchell RW 14 Val Blackett OC 13 Jacquie Edwards IC 12 Giselle Prangnell LW 11 Annie Cole FH 10 Karen Almond (capt) SH 9 Emma Mitchel N8 8 Gill Burns OF 7 Genevieve Shore BF 6 Janis Ross (vice-capt) RL 5 Heather Stirrup LL 4 Sarah Wenn TP 3 Sandy Ewing HK 2 Nicky Ponsford LP 1 Jane Mangham Coach: Steve Dowling

FB 15 Jen Crawford RW 11 Krista McFarren OC 13 Candi Orsini IC 12 Elise Huffer LW 14 Patty Jervey FH 10 Jos Bergman SH 9 Patty Connell N8 8 Barbara Bond OF 7 Laurie Spicer-Bourdon BF 6 Jan Rutkowski RL 5 Tara Flanagan LL 4 Sheri Hunt TP 3 Mary-Anne Sorensen HK 2 Julie Gray LP 1 Annie Flavin Coach: Franck Boivert

Summary

England had their revenge after they beat the United States 38–23. English captain Karen Almond kicked in 13 points with flanker Gill Burns, centre Jacquie Edwards and full-back Jane Mitchell scoring a try each, alongside two penalty tries to help England claim their first World Cup title.^{[2][5][6][3][7]}

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