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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Latham-Coyle

World Rugby defends one-sided start to Women’s World Cup: ‘The arm wrestles will come’

Canada back Julia Schell scored six tries in her side's opening win over Fiji - (Getty Images)

World Rugby has hit back at suggestions of a Women’s Rugby World Cup lacking in competitiveness, insisting that “the arm-wrestles will come” after a number of lopsided results on the opening weekend of the tournament.

Attendance and engagement records were broken on the opening three days of the event in England, but the closest margin of victory in any of the eight pool matches was France’s 24-0 win over Italy.

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