The International Rugby Board has revealed that Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 will kick off in Paris, France, on Friday, August 1, 2014.
The announcement was made at an IRB event in Madrid, where Italy, Spain, Scotland, Samoa, Sweden and the Netherlands are currently battling it out for two of the four remaining places at the showpiece of the Women’s Game.
The pool matches for WRWC 2014 will take place at the Centre National du Rugby (CNR) in Marcoussis and Marcoussis Rugby Club.
The knockout stages of the tournament will also see matches played at the CNR in Marcoussis, with the semi-finals, Bronze Final and Final taking place at Stade Jean Bouin in the French capital.
The matches will take place on August 1, 5, 9, 13, with the final played on August 17.
The tournament format will be the same as for the hugely successful Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2010, with 12 teams split . . .
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