RWC 2021 European Qualifiers & Fast Four Tournament Highlights | WRR 40

Welcome to the top women's rugby news for Sep 13-19! It was a huge week with the Rugby World Cup 2021 European Qualifiers, the Fast Four Tournament at Vancouver 7s, and more. The European Qualifiers began on Monday with Italy defeating Scotland 38-13 and Spain narrowly upsetting Ireland 8-7. Then on Sunday, the teams swapped opponents and we watched Ireland stifle Italy 15-7 while Scotland beat Spain 27-22. This leads us to a make it or break it weekend as the teams are tied with 5 points. Winning is the most important goal for the teams while the tie breakers will be win/loss between the teams, then points difference and then number of tries. The overall winner goes straight to the RWC while the second place finisher goes to the Final Qualification Tournament. The Fast Four Tournament in Vancouver saw Great Britain and standout Jasmine Joyce scoring a hat-trick to take the Cup over USA 34-12. Third place went to the hosts Canada as they defeated Mexico 48-0. Teams now look forward to Edmonton 7s this weekend where the overall winner will take the 2021 HSBC 7s Series title. In more 7s news, Asia has announced that they will host their 7s tournaments in the United Arab Emirates on November 19-20. These will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the Rugby World Cup 7s 2022 and England has "made a u-turn and reinstated [their] full-time sevens program". This leaves players like Jasmine Joyce and others out in the cold as Great Britain 7s will not continue. We close out the week with 2 "Other News", 10 features and 12 media. Read everything at https://scrumhalfconnection.com/2021/09/24/under-the-posts-womens-rugby-news-for-sep-13-19/ and become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/yscrugby. tl;dr: Under the Posts - Women's Rugby News for Sep 13-19! This was an action packed week with the Rugby World Cup 2021 European Qualifiers and the Fast Four Tournament at Vancouver 7s. We also look at all the domestic competitions and some 7s news.