France made a winning start to their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign as they ground out a 24-0 victory over Italy in Exeter on Saturday. Grisez broke the deadlock when working a neat overlap out wide on the left before brushing off two defenders,

Australia got their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 73-0 thumping of Samoa on Saturday, while Canada fullback Julia Schell scored six tries in the space of 23 second-half minutes to help her team to a dominant win over Fiji.

France kicks off its World Cup campaign on Saturday in Exeter against Italy. The third-place regulars now have their sights set on outright victory.

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Les Bleues battled through a scrappy first half before pulling away in Exeter, scoring three tries and keeping Italy scoreless to seal a 24–0 victory in their Pool D opener.

England vs. USA team news, lineups, score prediction for inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 match originally appeared on The Sporting News Hosts the Red Roses will kick of this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup this evening as they face the USA in the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, for the first of their Pool A group matches.

Follow live coverage with text and score updates as Canada open their campaign against Fiji at York Community Stadium.