2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

2006 Women's Rugby World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates 2006-08-31 – 2006-09-17
No. of nations 12
Champions   New Zealand
Runner-up   England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Top scorer(s) Heather Moyse (35)
Most tries Heather Moyse (7)
2002
2010

The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada and sometimes referred to as the women's world cup) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006. The 2006 tournament was the third World Cup approved by the IRB, the previous two being held 2002 in Spain and in the Netherlands, in 1998. The Black Ferns of New Zealand won the 2006 World Cup, defeating England in the final, as they had in 2002. It was New Zealand's third successive title.

The semi-finals were also direct repeats of the 2002 tournament - in fact five of the top six places in the final rankings were unchanged. Elsewhere the USA advanced from 7th in 2002 to 5th, and Ireland climbed from 13th to 8th while Australia (5th to 7th), Spain (8th to 9th), and Samoa (9th to 10th) slipped down.

The period prior to the competition had not been without controversy. The decision to award the hosting of the competition to Canada ahead of a strong bid from England surprised many.

In addition - apart from in Asia - there were no qualifying tournaments for the 2006 World Cup. Instead teams were invited to take part by the IRB with selection based on performances at the World Cup in 2002 and in international matches between 2002 and 2005. This resulted in accusations of a lack of clarity in regard to some selection decisions. In particular the awarding of the final place in the tournament to Samoa instead of Wales (following a poor performance by Wales in the 2005 Six Nations) was the cause of some controversy and comment prior to the event.

Contents

Qualifiers

Asia

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2005-06-03 Hong Kong  0-78  Japan Bangkok [4/17/4]
[505]
2005-06-03 Thailand  0-67  Kazakhstan Bangkok [1/31/1]
[506]
2005-06-05 Thailand  20-18  Hong Kong Bangkok [2/5/2]
[507]
2005-06-05 Kazakhstan  19-3  Japan Bangkok [32/18/1]
Kazakhstan qualify

Tickets and sponsorship

Tickets had been available since July 2006 and they could be purchased online at Ticketmaster or by phone. There were individual and student tickets (for each of six match days), tickets for youth teams and clubs, corporate packages and a special “World Cup Pack” of $125 allowing access to all matches including the finals.[1][2]
The partners of this tournament were Toyota “Never Quit” Awards Program, Molson, Tait Radio Communications, Glentel, Budget, University of Alberta, Edmonton Airports and Clubfit. The event was covered by English language network Global TV, daily newspaper Edmonton Journal and radio stations CFRN 1260, CFBR 100.3 and CFMG 104.9.[3]
All matches were filmed and for the first time were available via streamed media.[4] The final was also broadcast live on TV in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, and a one-hour TV highlights programme was produced by IMG for wider distribution, while these recordings are held as part of the IRB's World Cup archive.[5]

Match officials

On July 6, 2006 the IRB Referee Selection Committee announced the appointment of match officials, with twelve women officials selected for the tournament consisting of eight referees and four touch judges. This panel was assisted by experienced international referees George Ayoub, Lyndon Bray, Malcolm Changleng and Simon McDowell, who were appointed in April.[6] Other three touch judges from Canada Rugby Union were included in the final list.[7]

REFEREES
George Ayoub (Australia)
Jenny Bental (South Africa)
Rachel Boyland (Switzerland)
Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Sarah Corrigan (Australia)
Clare Daniels (England)
Christine Hanizet (France)
Joyce Henry (Canada)
Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)
Kerstin Ljungdahl (Germany)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TOUCH JUDGES
Debbie Innes (England)
Kristina Mellor (New Zealand)
Kristi Moorman (Canada)
Sandy Nesbitt (Canada)
Kim Smit (South Africa)
Dana Teagarden (United States)
Todd Van Vliet (Canada)

Format

The competition was contested over 18 days between 12 teams, allocated to four pools of three and structured into two parts:

Pool stage

The first three match days saw a cross-pool league system in operation, with Pool A playing Pool D and Pool B playing Pool C, with points going towards one single division table for all four pools. Classification within each pool was based on the following scoring system:

Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and losing by 7 points or less. No extra time were played.
Teams were ranked 1-12 on the basis of the most match points. If two teams were equal on match points for any position, then the following criteria would be used in this order until one of the teams could be determined as the higher ranked:

Knockout stage

After three match days, with each team having played three pool matches, positional semifinals were played with the top four-positioned sides vying to make the Women's Rugby World Cup final and all other sides playing matches in the final two rounds to decide tournament rankings.

If no winner could be determined within the time allowed, two teams should have played an extra time of 10 minutes each way with an interval of 5 and then eventually a kicking competition.[8]

Pools

Pool A

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 New Zealand 3 0 0 137 7 14
 Spain 1 0 2 14 115 4
 Kazakhstan 0 0 3 22 97 0

Pool B

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 England 3 0 0 119 16 14
 Australia 1 0 2 88 42 6
 Ireland 1 0 2 48 67 5

Pool C

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 2 0 1 75 37 10
 United States 2 0 1 34 35 9
 South Africa 0 0 3 20 179 0

Pool D

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 Canada 2 0 1 131 71 10
 Scotland 2 0 1 56 38 10
 Samoa 1 0 2 32 69 5

Pool matches

Round one

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2006-08-31 New Zealand  66-7  Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [57/43/8]
[560]
2006-08-31 Spain  0-24  Scotland St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [74/96/14]
[561]
2006-08-31 Kazakhstan  0-20  Samoa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [33/9/2]
[562]
2006-08-31 England  18-0  United States St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [121/55/6]
[563]
2006-08-31 Australia  68-12  South Africa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [18/7/1]
[564]
2006-08-31 Ireland 0-43  France St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [75/108/12]

Round two

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2006-09-04 New Zealand  50-0  Samoa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [44/10/1]
[566]
2006-09-04 England  74-8  South Africa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [121/8/2]
[567]
2006-09-04 Canada  79-0  Spain St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [58/75/1]
[568]
2006-09-04 Australia  10-24  France Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [19/109/2]
[569]
2006-09-04 Kazakhstan  17-32  Scotland St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [34/97/1]
[570]
2006-09-04 Ireland 11-24  United States Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [76/56/3]

Round three

[571]
2006-09-08 New Zealand  21-0  Scotland Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [45/98/3]
[572]
2006-09-08 Spain  14-12  Samoa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [76/11/1]
[573]
2006-09-08 Canada  45-5  Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [59/35/2]
[574]
2006-09-08 England  27-8  France St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [122/110/20]
[575]
2006-09-08 Australia  6-10  United States Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [20/57/3]
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2006-09-08 Ireland 37-0  South Africa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [77/9/1]

Knock-out stages

Semi-Finals

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2006-09-12 New Zealand  40-10  France Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [46/111/3]
[579]
2006-09-12 Canada  6-10  England Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [60/122/12]

5th/8th classification play-offs

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2006-09-12 Ireland 10-11  Scotland St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [78/99/14]
[580]
2006-09-12 United States  29-12  Australia St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [21/58/4]

9th/12th place classification play-offs

[581]
2006-09-12 Samoa  43-10  South Africa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [12/10/1]
[582]
2006-09-12 Spain  17-12  Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [77/1/36]

7th/8th place play-off

[583]
2006-09-16 Ireland 14-18  Australia Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [22/79/2]

9th/10th place play-off

[584]
2006-09-16 Samoa  5-10  Spain Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [13/78/2]

11th/12th place play-off

[585]
2006-09-16 Kazakhstan  36-0  South Africa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton [37/11/1]

5th/6th place play-off

[586]
2006-09-17 Scotland  0-24  United States Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton [100/59/5]

3rd/4th place play-off

[587]
2006-09-17 Canada  8-17  France Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton [61/112/6]

World Cup Final

[588]
2006-09-17 England  17-25  New Zealand Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton [124/47/10]
 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners 

New Zealand
Third title

Statistics

Teams

Points Team Matches Tries Conversions Penalties Drops
202  New Zealand 5 31 16 5 0 0 0
156  England 5 23 13 5 0 0 0
153  Canada 5 24 15 1 0 0 0
114  Australia 5 15 9 7 0 2 0
102  France 5 16 8 2 0 1 0
87  United States 5 14 7 1 0 2 0
80  Samoa 5 13 6 1 0 3 0
75  Kazakhstan 5 13 5 0 0 2 0
72 Ireland 5 11 4 3 0 1 0
67  Scotland 5 9 5 3 1 1 0
41  Spain 5 5 5 2 0 3 0
30  South Africa 5 5 1 1 0 3 0

Individual records

Top point scorers

Points Name Team Position Appearances Tries Conversions Penalties Drops
35 Heather Moyse  Canada Fullback 5 7 0 0 0
34 Emma Jensen  New Zealand Scrum-half 5 1 10 3 0
33 Valuese Sao Taliu  Samoa Fullback 5 5 4 0 0
31 Shelley Rae  England Fly-half 5 1 10 2 0
30 Sue Day  England Centre/Wing 5 6 0 0 0
Maria Gallo  Canada Centre/Wing 5 6 0 0 0
Amiria Marsh  New Zealand Fullback 5 6 0 0 0
Tobie McGann  Australia Fullback/Fly-half 5 2 4 4 0
29 Kelly McCallum  Canada Fly-half 5 0 13 1 0
27 Paula Chalmers  Scotland Scrum-half 5 1 5 3 1
25 Tricia Brown  Australia Wing 5 5 0 0 0
Catherine Devillers  France Wing 5 5 0 0 0
23 Pam Kosanke  United States Centre 4 2 5 1 0
21 Estelle Sartini  France Fly-half/Wing 5 2 4 1 0

Top try scorers

Tries Name Team Position Appearances
7 Heather Moyse  Canada Fullback 5
6 Sue Day  England Centre/Wing 5
Maria Gallo  Canada Centre/Wing 5
Amiria Marsh  New Zealand Fullback 5
5 Valuese Sao Taliu  Samoa Fullback 5
Catherine Devillers  France Wing 5
Tricia Brown  Australia Wing 5
4 Ellie Karvoski  United States Wing 5
Ruan Sims  Australia Centre/Wing 5
3 Stephanie Mortimer  New Zealand Wing 3
Claire Richardson  New Zealand Wing 4
Isabel Rodríguez  Spain Scrum-half 5
Jeannette Feighery Ireland Wing 5
Delphine Plantet  France Number 8 5
Charlotte Barras  England Wing 5
Rochelle Martin  New Zealand Flanker 5
Melissa Ruscoe  New Zealand Flanker 5

References

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