Ireland captain Sarahjane Belton

Captain Sarahjane Belton will win her 50th cap for Ireland against Australia
Photo: Dale MacMillan
 

WRWC daily diary: 15 September

The next segment of our Daily Diary from the IRB Women's Rugby World Cup featuring some little snippets of news and a few interesting facts and figures about the tournament.

* The team declarations for the consolation finals at Ellerslie Rugby Park on Saturday are now coming in. Click here to see the squads for Kazakhstan v South Africa, Samoa v Spain and Ireland v Australia.

* Ireland captain Sarahjane Belton and flanker Rachel Boyd will win their 50th caps for their country in the seventh place playoff with Australia at Ellerslie Rugby Park on Saturday. Both players made their debuts in 2000 against France and have been ever present since.

“To be honest I am not really thinking about the achievement because we are fully focused on going out and beating Australia," Belton said.

Did you know …?

* England back row Helen Clayton is taking part in her fourth Women’s RWC.

* The average number of tries per game in the 2002 Women’s RWC was 5.7.

* New Zealand Black Ferns won their two world titles under the guidance of Darryl Suasua, so are seeking their first under coach Jed Rowlands.


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