Nations Cup (Women's rugby) 2011

2011 Women's Nation's Cup
Countries	Canada  England  South Africa  United States
Champions	England (U20 & Senior)
Runners-up	United States (U20)  Canada (Senior)
Matches played	16
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The third Nations Cup tournament was played at Appleby College and Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Canada, in August 2011 following on from an Under-20 version which took place in California a month before. The tournaments included teams representing USA, South Africa, England and Canada. England retained both titles.

For USA, Canada and South Africa these were the first internationals they had played since the World Cup. Although the final results in both tournaments were as expected, in the senior event England trailed to both USA and Canada before turning the games round - in the case of the USA game from the final play of the game after 7 minutes of added injury time. Canada lead 5-3 at half time in the group game before conceding four second half tries.

Despite (or possibly because) of their impressive start against, USA struggled in later group games - the effect of having to play four games in ten days, sometimes in temperatures of over 30 °C having an effect. However, all teams used the group phase of tournament to try out different formations - only in the finals did most teams select their strongest available starting XVs.

Under 20 Nations Cup 2011 (Santa Barbara, California)

Final Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	England U20	3	3	0	0	144	7	6
2	USA U20	3	2	0	1	40	45	4
3	Canada U20	3	1	0	2	32	63	2
4	South Africa U20	3	0	0	3	17	118	0

Results

Test no. - 2011-07-14	Canada U20	0-41	England U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara
			Tries: Natasha Jones 6' Katie Mason 10' Rebecca Hughes 21', 79' Hannah Gallagher 32', 51' Ceri Large 82' Cons: Amber Reed 6', 80', 82'

Test no. - 2011-07-14	USA U20	27-3	South Africa U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara
	Tries: Anderson 29’ Washington 35’ Naber 73’ Larson 79’ Cons: Bizer 73', 79' Pen: Bizer 20'		Pen: Pienaar 18’

Test no. - 2011-07-17	Canada U20	27-7	South Africa U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara
	Tries: Farella 15’, 46’, 53’ Harvey 64’ DeMerchant 78’ Conv: Harvey 54’		Try: Pieenar 57’ Conv: Pieenar 57’

Test no. - 2011-07-17	USA U20	0-37	England U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara
			Tries: Davidson 15’, 55’, 67’ Hughes 21’ Roberts 31’ Mills 41’ Gallagher (77’) Conv: Large 42'

Test no. - 2011-07-20	England U20	66-7	South Africa U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara
	Tries: Gallagher (2) Wilson Hardy Cleall Peedle (2) Demaine E Scott Matthews (2) Hughes Davidson Cons: E Scott (3)		Try: Van Slicht Conv: Pienaar

Test no. - 2011-07-20	USA U20	15-5	Canada U20	Storke Field, Santa Barbara

Third place

Test no. - 2008-07-23	Canada U20	32-5	South Africa U20	Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara
	Tries: Thompson Vestby Siefert Orr Pegg Delaney Cons: Vestby (2)

Final

Test no. - 2008-07-23	USA U20	11-48	England U20	Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara
			Tries: Hughes (2) Fletcher Gallagher (3) Jones Davidson Cons: Reed (4)

Nations Cup 2011 (Appleby College, Oakville, Canada)

Final Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus points[1]		Table points [2]
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Tries	Losing
1	England	3	3	0	0	83	29	1	0	13
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	97	56	2	0	10
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	51	113	1	0	5
4	United States	3	0	0	3	51	75	0	2	2

Results

Test no. 899 2011-08-02	Canada	52-17	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario

Test no. 900 2011-08-02	England	15-11	United States	Oakville, Ontario

Test no. 901 2011-08-05	England	46-8	South Africa	Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Test no. 902 2011-08-05	Canada	35-17	United States	Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Test no. 903 2011-08-09	United States	23-26	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario

Test no. 904 2011-08-09	Canada	10-22	England	Oakville, Ontario

Third place

Test no. 905 2011-08-13	United States	29-9	South Africa	Oakville, Ontario

Final

Test no. 906 2011-08-13	Canada	19-41	England	Oakville, Ontario

See also

• Women's international rugby

References

1. 1 try scoring bonus for four or more tries, 1 losing bonus for losing by less than 7 points
2. 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 0 points for a loss (unless bonus points are awarded)

External links

• U20 Nations Cup website
• Women's nation Cup website

See also

• U20 Nations Cup website
• Women's international rugby