Irish fans helped create a fantastic atmosphere on day one of WRWC 2010 - Photo: Martin Seras Lima

We bring you some interesting statistics from day one of Women's Rugby World Cup 2010.

• Defending champions New Zealand, hosts England, Australia, Canada, France and USA all enjoyed victories on the opening day, which was played before a sell-out crowd at Surrey Sports Park.
  
  
• France was the only victorious side not to pick up a try-scoring bonus point, although England and Australia both left it until the dying minutes to score their fourth try.
  
  
• Sweden were the only side to pick up a losing bonus point.
  
  
• A total of 245 points were scored across the six matches, the fewest tally on the opening day of a Women's Rugby World Cup dating back to 1998.
  
  
• Canada flanker Barbara Mervin scored the first try of Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 after only 10 minutes of their 37-10 defeat of Scotland.
  
  
• Anna Schnell had the honour of scoring the first points of the tournament, the Canada fly half kicking a penalty after seven minutes in their opening Pool C match against Scotland.
  
  
• USA fly half Christy Ringgenberg ended day one as the leading point scorer with a 26-point haul in the Women's Eagles' 51-0 defeat of Kazakhstan. New Zealand duo Carla Hohepa and Kelly Brazier are the next best on 15 points.
  
  
• Black Ferns wing Carla Hohepa scored the only hat-trick on day one.
  
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• Five players crossed for a brace of tries in USA duo Nathalie Marchino and Christy Ringgenberg, Mandy Marchak of Canada, New Zealand centre Huriana Manuel and France forward Claire Canal.
  
  
• The average number of tries per match was six.
  
  
• New Zealand and USA both surpassed the half century of points, the Black Ferns beating South Africa 55-3 in Pool A and the Women's Eagles defeating Kazakhstan 51-0 in Pool B.
  
  
• Ireland and Kazakhstan were the only sides not to score any points on day one.
  
  
• Zandile Nojoko scored South Africa's only points against New Zealand, but her penalty means that the Black Ferns have now conceded 102 points in WRWC history, spanning 18 matches.
  
  
• A total of 36 tries were scored in the six matches on day one, although only 19 of them were turned into seven pointers.
  
  
• New Zealand scored the most tries on day with nine, two more than USA managed. Ireland, Kazakhstan, Sweden and South Africa all failed to cross the try-line.
  
  
• Sweden captain Ulrika Andersson-Hall kicked three penalties in their 15-9 defeat of France in Pool C - a third of all the penalties kicked on day one.
  
  
• Twenty-eight players crossed the try-line for their respective countries on day one.
  
  
• No drop goals were kicked on the opening day of action at the 2010 tournament.
  
  
• The average number of points per match was 40.83 - 21.33 of them in the first half and 19.50 in the second.
  
  
• Nine yellow cards was given on day one, three of them to Australian players with Alex Hargreaves, Iliseva Batibasaga and Caroline Vakalahi all spending time in the sin-bin.