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The United States women's national rugby union team has played 38 matches at the Women's Rugby World Cup, from the inaugural tournament in 1991 to 2017. They have competed in every edition of the Rugby World Cup and have made it to the finals three times. The Eagles won the inaugural competition in 1991 and were runners-up in 1994, and 1998.

By position

Rugby World Cup
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad
Wales 1991 Champions 4 4 0 0 79 6 Squad
Scotland 1994 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 387 53 Squad
Netherlands 1998 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 200 76 Squad
Spain 2002 7th place 4 2 0 2 124 43 Squad
Canada 2006 5th place 5 4 0 1 87 47 Squad
England 2010 5th place 5 3 0 2 136 82 Squad
France 2014 6th place 5 2 0 3 95 139 Squad
Republic of Ireland 2017 4th place 5 2 0 3 128 135 Squad
New Zealand 2021 Quarter-final 4 1 0 3 65 100 Squad
England 2025 Qualified
Australia 2029 TBD
United States 2033 Automatically Qualified as Hosts
Total Champions 42 26 0 16 1301 681 Squad
  Champion   Runner-up   Third place   Fourth place
* Tied placing Best placing Home venue

1991 Rugby World Cup

6 April 1991 United States  7–0  Netherlands Pontypool  
10 April 1991 United States  46–0  Soviet Union Glamorgan Wanderers  
Team P W D L PF PA
 United States 2 2 0 0 53 0
 Netherlands 2 1 0 1 28 7
 Soviet Union 2 0 0 2 0 74

Knockout stage

12 April 1991 United States  7–0  New Zealand Cardiff Arms Park  
14 April 1991 United States  19–6  England Cardiff  

1994 Rugby World Cup

11 April 1994 United States  111–0  Sweden Melrose  
15 April 1994 United States  121–0  Japan Melrose  
Team P W D L PF PA
 United States 2 2 0 0 232 0
 Japan 2 1 0 1 10 126
 Sweden 2 0 0 2 5 121

Knockout stage

17 April 1994 United States  76–0  Ireland Boroughmuir  
20 April 1994 United States  56–15  Wales Gala  
24 April 1994 United States  23–38  England Edinburgh Academicals RFC  

1998 Rugby World Cup

2 May 1998 United States  84–0  Russia Amsterdam  
5 May 1998 United States  38–16  Spain Amsterdam  
Team P W D L PF PA Ladder
 United States 2 2 0 0 117 16 3rd
 Spain 2 1 0 1 44 56 6th
 Wales 2 1 0 1 101 35 9th
 Russia 2 0 0 2 7 167 16th

Knockout stage

9 May 1998 United States  25–10  Scotland Amsterdam  
12 May 1998 United States  46–6  Canada Amsterdam  
16 May 1998 United States  12–44  New Zealand Amsterdam  

2002 Rugby World Cup

13 May 2002 United States  87–0  Netherlands Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona  
18 May 2002 United States  9–21  France Girona, Barcelona  
Position Nation Games Points Table

points

Overall

ranking

played won drawn lost for against
1  France 2 2 0 0 52 21 6 4th
2  United States 2 1 0 1 96 21 4 5th
3  Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 49 41 4 11th
4  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 10 124 2 14th

Knockout stage

21 May 2002 United States  5–17  Australia Girona, Barcelona  
25 May 2002 United States  23–5  Spain Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona  

2006 Rugby World Cup

31 August 2006 United States  0–18  England St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert  
4 September 2006 United States  24–11  Ireland Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton  
8 September 2006 United States  10–6  Australia Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton  

Pool B ⇔ Pool C

Pool Team P W D L PF PA Points
B  England 3 3 0 0 119 16 14
C  France 3 2 0 1 75 37 10
C  United States 3 2 0 1 34 35 9
B  Australia 3 1 0 2 88 42 6
B  Ireland 3 1 0 2 48 67 5
C  South Africa 3 0 0 3 20 179 0

Knockout stage

12 September 2006 United States  29–12  Australia St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert  
17 September 2006 United States  24–0  Scotland Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton  

2010 Rugby World Cup

20 August 2010 United States  51–0  Kazakhstan Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England  
Try: Nathalie Marchino 5', 73'
Christy Ringgenberg 44', 68'
Ashley Kmiecik 51'
Phaidra Knight 59'
Amy Daniels 70'
Con: Christy Ringgenberg 6', 45', 52',
69', 74'
Pen: Christy Ringgenberg 4', 35' 		Report Referee: Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)
24 August 2010 United States  12–22  Ireland Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England  
Try: Jamie Burke 17'
Venesha McGee 73'
Con: Melissa Kanuk 18' 		Report Try: Joy Neville 6', 45'
Niamh Briggs 35'
Tania Rosser 53'
Con: Niamh Briggs 54' 		Referee: Sébastien Minery (France)
28 August 2010 United States  10–37  England Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, South East England  
Drop: Nathalie Marchino 18'
Kim Magrini 24' 		Report Try: Danielle Waterman 4', 38'
Katherine Merchant 30'
Emily Scarratt 51'
Amber Penrith 68'
Margaret Alphonsi 76'
Con: Katy McLean 39', 77'
Pen: Katy McLean 9' 		Referee: Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)
Po Nation P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP TP
1  England 3 3 0 0 146 10 +136 22 2 3 15
2  Ireland 3 2 0 1 59 42 +17 11 6 2 10
3  United States 3 1 0 2 73 59 +14 11 10 1 5
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 3 170 −167 0 26 0 0

Knockout stage

1 September 2010 United States  40–3  Ireland Surrey Sports Park, Guildford  
Try: Victoria Folayan 11', 72'
Amy Daniels 36', 56'
Vanesha McGee 75'
Con: Christy Ringgenberg 12', 21', 37', 57', 76' 		Report Pen: Niamh Briggs 29' Referee: Sébastien Minery (France)
5 September 2010 United States  23–20  Canada Surrey Sports Park, Guildford  
Try: Ashley English 30'
Lynelle Kugler 42'
Vanesha McGee 47'
Con: Christy Ringgenberg 43'
Pen: Christy Ringgenberg 16', 20' 		Report Try: 'Heather Moyse 7'
Megan Gibbs 35'
Pens: Anna Schnell 3', 66'
Con: Anna Schnell 8', 36' 		Referee: Sébastien Minery (France)

2014 Rugby World Cup

1 August 2014 United States  17–23  Ireland CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2  
Report Referee: Canada Sherry Trumbull
5 August 2014 United States  47–7  Kazakhstan CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2  
Report Referee: Spain Alhambra Nievas
9 August 2014 United States  3–34  New Zealand CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1  
Report Referee: Canada Sherry Turnbull
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 10 80 36 +44 1 13
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 20 127 25 +102 3 11
 United States 3 1 0 2 10 67 64 +3 2 6
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 2 17 166 −149 0 0

Knockout stage

13 August 2014 United States  23–20  Australia CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1  
18:30 Try: Jillion Potter 43',
Carmen Farmer 61',
Vanesha McGee 68'
Con: Kimber Rozier 68'
Pen: Sadie Anderson 8',
Kimber Rozier 79' 		Report Try: Shannon Parry 2',
Cobie-Jane Morgan 22',
Liz Patu 50'
Con: Ashleigh Hewson 2'
Pen: Ashleigh Hewson 64'
Cards: Michelle Milward Yellow card 79' 		Referee: New Zealand Jessica Beard
17 August 2014 United States  5–55  New Zealand Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France  
14:15 Try: Kimber Rozier 49' Report Try: Aroha Savage 15',
Rawinia Everitt 24',
Shakira Baker 31',
Selica Winiata 34',
Honey Hireme 37', 43', 59', 77',
Aleisha Nelson 70'
Con: Kelly Brazier 31', 34', 37', 59', 70' 		Referee: Ireland Helen O'Reilly

2017 Rugby World Cup

9 August 2017 United States  24–12  Italy UCD Bowl, Dublin  
16:30 Report
13 August 2017 United States  43–0  Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin  
14:45 Report
17 August 2017 United States  26–47  England Billings Park UCD, Dublin  
14:30 Report
Team P W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 27 159 44 +115 3 15
 United States 3 2 0 1 15 93 59 +34 3 11
 Spain 3 1 0 2 4 27 107 −80 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 5 33 102 −69 0 0

Knockout stage

22 August 2017 United States  12–45  New Zealand Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
16:00 GMT (UTC+00) Report
26 August 2017 United States  23–31  France Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
16:00 GMT (UTC+00) Report

Overall record

Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:

Country P W D L PF PA Win %
 Australia 4 3 0 1 75 49 75%
 Canada 2 2 0 0 69 20 100%
 England 5 1 0 4 78 146 20%
 France 2 0 0 2 32 52 0%
 Ireland 5 3 0 2 169 59 60%
 Italy 1 1 0 0 24 12 100%
 Japan 1 1 0 0 121 0 100%
 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 98 7 100%
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 94 0 100%
 New Zealand 5 1 0 4 42 178 20%
 Russia 1 1 0 0 84 0 100%
 Soviet Union 1 1 0 0 46 0 100%
 Spain 4 3 0 1 104 21 75%
 Scotland 2 2 0 0 49 10 100%
 Sweden 1 1 0 0 111 0 100%
 Wales 1 1 0 0 56 15 100%
Total 38 25 0 13 1236 581 65.79%

References

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