2011 Nations Cup (women's rugby union)

The third Nations Cup tournament was played at Appleby College and Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Canada, in August 2011 following on from an Under-20 version which took place in California a month before. The tournaments included teams representing the USA, South Africa, England and Canada. England retained both titles.

2011 Women's Nation's Cup
Countries Canada
 England
 South Africa
 United States
Champions England (U20 & Senior)
Runners-up United States (U20)
 Canada (Senior)
Matches played16

For USA, Canada and South Africa these were the first internationals they had played since the World Cup. Although the final results in both tournaments were as expected, in the senior event England trailed to both USA and Canada before turning the games round - in the case of the USA game from the final play of the game after 7 minutes of added injury time. Canada led 5-3 at half time in the group game before conceding four second-half tries.

All teams used the group phase of the tournament to try out different formations, selecting their strongest available starting XVs in the finals.

Under 20 Nations Cup 2011 (Santa Barbara, California)

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  England U20 3 3 0 0 144 7 +137 12
2  USA U20 3 2 0 1 40 45 −5 8
3  Canada U20 3 1 0 2 32 63 −31 4
4  South Africa U20 3 0 0 3 17 118 −101 0
Source:

Points scoring

4 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, no points for a loss. 1 bonus point awarded for scoring four or more tries and 1 bonus point for losing by less than 7 points.

Results
14 July 2011
Canada U20 0–41 England U20
Video and match reportTries: Natasha Jones 6'
Katie Mason 10'
Rebecca Hughes 21', 79'
Hannah Gallagher 32', 51'
Ceri Large 82'
Cons: Amber Reed 6', 80', 82'
Storke Field, Santa Barbara
14 July 2011
USA U20 27–3 South Africa U20
Tries: Anderson 29'
Washington 35'
Naber 73'
Larson 79'
Cons: Bizer 73', 79'
Pen: Bizer 20'		VideoPen: Pienaar 18'
Storke Field, Santa Barbara
17 July 2011
Canada U20 27–7 South Africa U20
Tries: Farella 15', 46', 53'
Harvey 64'
DeMerchant 78'
Conv: Harvey 54'		VideoTry: Pieenar 57'
Conv: Pieenar 57'
Storke Field, Santa Barbara
17 July 2011
USA U20 0–37 England U20
VideoTries: Davidson 15', 55', 67'
Hughes 21'
Roberts 31'
Mills 41'
Gallagher (77')
Conv: Large 42'
Storke Field, Santa Barbara
20 July 2011
England U20 66–7 South Africa U20
Tries: Gallagher (2)
Wilson Hardy
Cleall
Peedle (2)
Demaine
E Scott
Matthews (2)
Hughes
Davidson
Cons: E Scott (3)		VideoTry: Van Slicht
Conv: Pienaar
Storke Field, Santa Barbara
20 July 2011
USA U20 15–5 Canada U20
Video
Storke Field, Santa Barbara

Third place

23 July 2011
Canada U20 32–5 South Africa U20
Tries: Thompson
Vestby
Siefert
Orr
Pegg
Delaney
Cons: Vestby (2)		Video
Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara

Final

23 July 2011
USA U20 11–48 England U20
VideoTries: Hughes (2)
Fletcher
Gallagher (3)
Jones
Davidson
Cons: Reed (4)
Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara

Nations Cup 2011 (Appleby College, Oakville, Canada)

Final table
Position Nation Games Points Bonus points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against Tries Losing
1 England 3 3 0 0 83 29 1 0 13
2 Canada 3 2 0 1 97 56 2 0 10
3 South Africa 3 1 0 2 51 113 1 0 5
4 United States 3 0 0 3 51 75 0 2 2

Results
2 August 2011
Canada 52–17 South Africa
Oakville, Ontario
2 August 2011
England 15–11 United States
Oakville, Ontario
5 August 2011
England 46–8 South Africa
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
5 August 2011
Canada 35–17 United States
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
9 August 2011
United States 23–26 South Africa
Oakville, Ontario
9 August 2011
Canada 10–22 England
Oakville, Ontario

Third place

13 August 2011
United States 29–9 South Africa
Oakville, Ontario

Final

13 August 2011
Canada 19–41 England
Oakville, Ontario

See also
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