November 23, 2025
Scotland crush whale in crunch-clash to take a big step towards women’s World Cup quarter-finals

Scotland crush whale in crunch-clash to take a big step towards women’s World Cup quarter-finals

Francesca McGhie Stahl stole the show with a brilliant hat trick when Scotland began her world women’s world championship with a 38:8 bonus point victory against Wales Rugby in Salford Community Stadium.

McGhie only needed 55 seconds to open the goal when Wales got cold again after the trial of Leia Brebner-Holden and the wing ended up when Scotland scored a lead of 17: 8 at halftime.

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After the restart, Wales was slow again, which meant that McGhie was directed down for her third party, while Evie Gallagher and Emma Orr also achieved experiments in Scotland’s extensive victory.

Francesca McGhie played with a hat trick in Salford (Getty Images)

Francesca McGhie played with a hat trick in Salford (Getty Images)

This curtain facade between the home nations was charged for both sides as a must

It seemed as if Scotland had fully seized the importance of the climbing when McGhie was relaxed the left wing and she sprinted along the touch and accepted a few half -hearted challenges.

Wales gathered after being caught cold and demonstrated her strength with a rolling mouth of a line -out, so that Alex Callender fit after an ankle injury to dig in the 13th minute.

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But Wales undertook to stop a mouth and paid the price when the ball was widely distributed, with McGhie being undisputed after 17 minutes before Kira Bevan’s penalty to 10-8.

However, McGhie continued to sparkle and initiated a break-up field shortly after half an hour, and while it was pulled down a few meters in front of the line, Brebner-Holden and Helen Nelson converted.

Scotland dominated in Salford (action pictures about Reuters)

Scotland dominated in Salford (action pictures about Reuters)

Wales was caught again after the interval after a quick craft on the left led to McGhie claimed the bonus point for Scotland in the 43rd minute.

Gwen Crabb was sent to the sin-bins to make Elliann Clarke a high challenge, and shortly after the Wales lock was returned to the Fray, Scotland extended her lead by Gallagher in the 64th minute.

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Orr added more shine to the goal line two minutes before the time, with Nelson adding a fourth conversion to create a flying start.

Previously, Desiree Miller achieved a hat trick in Salford when Australia started the Rugby World Championship of his women with a record-breaking 73: 0 victory against Samoa.

Desiree Miller was in the foreground when Australia collected a considerable goal line (Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Desiree Miller was in the foreground when Australia collected a considerable goal line (Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The Wallaroos ran in 11 attempts and facilitated a victory, which in 2010 exceeded its best profit margin at a World Cup of 62: 0 against South Africa.

Miller celebrated her heights when Australia achieved seven of her attempts in the first half, while Sammy Wood came up six conversions before it was withdrawn in the 55th minute.

Samoa, who rarely threatened to break her duck, had Melina Salales yellow card for a retrospective high tackle climb to a red -late climb.

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