Women’s Italrugby beats South Africa and qualifies for World Cup
The women's Italrugby beats South Africa and qualifies for the World Cup
The Italian women’s national rugby team coached by Giovanni Raineri has officially clinched qualification for next year’s World Cup in England, kicking off next August 22.
The official announcement by 'World Rugby' of access to next summer's rainbow tournament came on the sidelines of the match that the Azzurri won 23-19 (17-7) in Cape Town against South Africa, thanks to two tries by Turani, a try and a conversion by Sillari and two spot kicks by Rigoni.
Happy, at the end of the match, coach Raineri: yes, for the result and World Cup qualification – his words – but also aware that the work è has just begun. È the first time that women's Italy participates in three consecutive World Cups, a strong testimony to the growth of our movement.
“We have to thank the clubs in which our athletes play: a World Cup qualification è always the result of a collective work, which affects everyone and which sees the national team as the terminal of the process”.
Now we are waiting to know the names of our opponents in the group stage, then we will start planning for a long season, which should bring us to England in the best possible condition";. Eighth in the international rankings, women's Italrugby will be placed in the second bracket in the draw that will shape the World Cup groupings next October 17.
