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USA Women face off against Ireland Women in WXV 1 Round 3 on Fri 11th October 2024 at BC Place. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 20:30 and is broadcast on BBC iPlayer. In South Africa it’s at 21:30 SAST on SuperSport, 08:30 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 06:30 AEST on RugbyPass TV in Australia and 12:30 EST in the US.
Ireland Women won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the rankings with Ireland Women in position 5 and USA Women in position 8, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for USA Women vs Ireland Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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A wonderful passing move by Ireland is finished off by Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe
Rachel Johnson (USA) is shown a yellow card
Dannah O'Brien has kicked a conversion.
Nobody could stop that maul! Cliodhna Moloney places the ball down for the try.
Rachel Ehrecke (USA) is shown a yellow card
Tahlia Brody (USA) is shown a yellow card
McKenzie Hawkins adds the two points for USA.
The pick and go results in a try for USA as Hope Rogers goes over.
Nicole Fowley makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as Erin King scores from close range.
McKenzie Hawkins converts the try.
USA are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Hope Rogers picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.