The director of the women’s World Cup defends unilateral games

The unilateral games at the women’s world championships are part of the journey of sport and the fans will never complain of “too many attempts”, according to the director of the competition.

The group stage ended on Sunday, with seven of the first eight sides according to the world rankings that moved to the quarterfinals, which start this weekend.

The World Cup extended to 16 teams for the first time this tournament, and caused some unilateral scores.

The wider victory margin came as a hosts England beat the amateur side Samoa 92-3, While a third of the games – eight out of 24 – had winning margins of 50 or more points.

Yvonne Nolan, director of the competition, said that group matches are “all very different and fun”.

“We are greeting eight fantastic teams,” he said. “The World Cup is more than Knockout and Finals, but to grow the game.

“They inspired an entire new wave of fans and on the rugby side they have shown that they are ready to take a step forward.”

Nolan mentioned the debutants of the Tournament Brazil, who lost all three their games with margins of at least 60 points but who have marked in every game, and Figi, who Beat Wales 28-25 For their first win of the World Cup in history.

Nolan said there will be announced plans next week to give more opportunities to fish among the tournaments.

“If we expect the teams to present themselves only every four years we will not see the change,” he said.

“We have seen where there are opportunities, teams can make changes and improvements quickly”.

South Africa, the lowest side that remains at number 12 in the world, faces New Zealand’s perennial champions in the quarterfinals.

England, the high -level team and the favorites of the tournament, faces a Scottish team devastated by contractual disputes and an uncertain future.

“Even in the stadiums where we saw teams mark their tenth or 11th attempt, nobody leaves,” said Nolan. “Nobody ever says that there are too many attempts.

“Avid fans could want more struggle with arm, but I want a little bit of everything.”

More than 245,000 fans participated in group games.