Brazil will make their Girls’s Rugby World Cup debut in England subsequent 12 months after they beat Colombia 34-13 in Luque on Saturday.
Colombia, who competed in WXV 3 final October, went into the match unbeaten in six matches towards their South American rivals and sitting 25 locations above them within the World Rugby Girls’s Rankings.
Nevertheless, that counted for little at Estadio Heroes de Curupayty as Brazil dominated their hosts to qualify for Girls’s RWC 2025 in model.
Fixture
Girls’s Internationals
Colombia Girls
Brazil Girls
Brazil opened the scoring within the eleventh minute as Iris Coluna dotted down from the bottom of a scrum after Colombia prop Catalina Suarez had been proven a yellow card.
However the hosts hit again 5 minutes later as Juliana Soto crossed the whitewash in the suitable nook to stage the scores.
Regardless of being pegged again, As Yaras continued to press and scored their second attempt of the match within the twenty eighth minute, Isadora Lopes ending off a effective staff transfer on the left wing.
And it quickly obtained even higher for the guests as captain Eshyllen Coimbra touched down and fly-half Raquel Kochhann added the conversion.
Maria Arzuaga landed a penalty with the clock ticking in direction of half-time to chop Colombia’s deficit to 9 factors however there was nonetheless time for Brazil to land a telling blow.
With the hosts pushing for a second attempt, Brazil scrum-half Aline Mayumi snagged an interception on her personal 22 and raced away to attain. Kochhann missed the conversion however the guests led 22-8 on the break.
Colombia began the second half shortly and inside 4 minutes had a lifeline as Laura Gutierrez crossed the whitewash.
However once more, Brazil refused to be overawed and it was the guests who scored subsequent, after an outstanding rip and end by Yasmin Soares simply after the hour mark earlier than Mariana Nicolau put the seal on victory.
“We knew it could be a tough sport, a battle, which might not be simple. However we had been in a position to get victory because of our arduous work,” Brazil captain and Participant of the Match Coimbra stated.
“We labored very arduous the final 5, six months on the scrum, even pushing towards the trunk of tree.”
Coach Emiliano Caffera added: “We had deliberate the sport because it unfolded, our first half stable scrum wasn’t there within the second half, though we managed to manage deal with the ball a bit extra and issues occurred for us.
“All the pieces begins with the set items which we labored very arduous for, however for the Rugby World Cup we must work even more durable.”
Victory means Brazil grow to be the sixth regional qualifier to guide their ticket to England 2025.
They be part of the hosts, defending champions New Zealand, France, Canada, Eire, USA, South Africa, Japan and Fiji in securing their place on the showpiece match.
As a result of truth the highest six non-qualified nations on the finish of WXV 2024 will declare the remaining tickets to Girls’s RWC 2025, Australia, Scotland, Italy and Wales are additionally positive of their place at England 2025.
