{"id":104684,"date":"2025-08-29T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/104684\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:43:07","slug":"a-big-clash-in-the-womens-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/104684\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Clash in the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"321\">Australia face the USA on Saturday, August 30, at York Community Stadium in one of the standout fixtures of the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"569\">The USA are looking to recover from a heavy 69\u20137 defeat by England, while Australia sit top of Pool A after a 73\u20130 win over Samoa. The Wallaroos have shown pace, creativity and attacking variety, making them difficult opponents in current form.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"768\">History favours the Americans. Of the nine previous meetings, the USA have won six, with Australia taking three. Their last match, a warm-up ahead of the tournament, ended 27\u201319 to the Wallaroos.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"973\">Key for the USA is prop Hope Rogers, who scored a hat-trick in their last game and brings power and experience. Captain Kate Zackary and Rachel Ehrecke add further strength to the Eagles\u2019 forward pack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1177\">Australia will look to Charlotte Caslick, Ashley Marsters and Maya Stewart. Caslick\u2019s speed and creativity offer constant threat, while Stewart\u2019s finishing ability has been decisive in recent matches.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1307\">The Eagles rely on physicality and direct running, while the Wallaroos aim to move the ball quickly and strike on the counter.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1518\">This is the first Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup to feature 16 teams. For the USA, it is about proving they remain among the top contenders. For Australia, it is a chance to underline their rise on the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia face the USA on Saturday, August 30, at York Community Stadium in one of the standout fixtures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,2957,58463,20241],"class_list":["post-104684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-usa","tag-womens-rugby","tag-womens-rugby-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}