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
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Top scorer(s) Canada Heather Moyse (35)
Most tries Canada 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.

Qualifiers

Asia

[504]
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
Australia George Ayoub (Australia)
South Africa Jenny Bental (South Africa)
Switzerland Rachel Boyland (Switzerland)
New Zealand Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Scotland Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Australia Sarah Corrigan (Australia)
England Clare Daniels (England)
France Christine Hanizet (France)
Canada Joyce Henry (Canada)
New Zealand Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)
Germany Kerstin Ljungdahl (Germany)
Ireland Simon McDowell (Ireland)

TOUCH JUDGES
England Debbie Innes (England)
New Zealand Kristina Mellor (New Zealand)
Canada Kristi Moorman (Canada)
Canada Sandy Nesbitt (Canada)
South Africa Kim Smit (South Africa)
United States Dana Teagarden (United States)
Canada 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 300137714
 Spain 102141154
 Kazakhstan 00322970

Pool B

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 England 3001191614
 Australia 10288426
 Ireland 10248675

Pool C

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 201753710
 United States 20134359
 South Africa 003201790

Pool D

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 Canada 2011317110
 Scotland 201563810
 Samoa 10232695

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

[565]
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]
[576]
2006-09-08 Ireland  37–0  South Africa St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert [77/9/1]

Knock-out stages

Semi-Finals

[577]
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

[578]
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 Zealand531165000
156  England523135000
153  Canada524151000
114  Australia51597020
102  France51682010
87  United States51471020
80  Samoa51361030
75  Kazakhstan51350020
72  Ireland51143010
67  Scotland5953110
41  Spain5552030
30  South Africa5511030

Individual records

Top point scorers

Points Name Team Position Appearances Tries Conversions Penalties Drops
35 Heather Moyse  CanadaFullback57000
34 Emma Jensen  New ZealandScrum-half511030
33 Valuese Sao Taliu  SamoaFullback55400
31 Shelley Rae  EnglandFly-half511020
30 Sue Day  EnglandCentre/Wing56000
Maria Gallo  CanadaCentre/Wing56000
Amiria Marsh  New ZealandFullback56000
Tobie McGann  AustraliaFullback/Fly-half52440
29 Kelly McCallum  CanadaFly-half501310
27 Paula Chalmers  ScotlandScrum-half51531
25 Tricia Brown  AustraliaWing55000
Catherine Devillers  FranceWing55000
23 Pam Kosanke  United StatesCentre42510
21 Estelle Sartini  FranceFly-half/Wing52410

Top try scorers

Tries Name Team Position Appearances
7 Heather Moyse  CanadaFullback5
6 Sue Day  EnglandCentre/Wing5
Maria Gallo  CanadaCentre/Wing5
Amiria Marsh  New ZealandFullback5
5 Valuese Sao Taliu  SamoaFullback5
Catherine Devillers  FranceWing5
Tricia Brown  AustraliaWing5
4 Ellie Karvoski  United StatesWing5
Ruan Sims  AustraliaCentre/Wing5
3 Stephanie Mortimer  New ZealandWing3
Claire Richardson  New ZealandWing4
Isabel Rodríguez  SpainScrum-half5
Jeannette Feighery  IrelandWing5
Delphine Plantet  FranceNumber 85
Charlotte Barras  EnglandWing5
Rochelle Martin  New ZealandFlanker5
Melissa Ruscoe  New ZealandFlanker5

References

  1. "Women's Rugby World Cup tickets". July 14, 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  2. "WRWC FAQs". Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  3. "WRWC Partners". Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  4. "IRB Women's Rugby World Cup 2006 on www.247.tv". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  5. "The Rugby World Cup Archive". Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  6. "It's a women's game... including the officiating". July 6, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  7. "2006 Women's RWC match officials". Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  8. 1 2 "2006 Women's RWC rules". Retrieved June 29, 2010.

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