Women's World Cup - Opening day highlights

The Women's Rugby World Cup began in earnest on Wednesday with defending champions England cementing their status as favourites with a comfortable win over Spain while hosts Ireland downed Australia in a nail-biting finish in Dublin. There were big wins for last year's runners-up Canada and dark horses France, while New Zealand and the USA also bagged opening day victories. England 56-5 Spain On paper it was always going to be an easy win for England. The Number 1 ranked side signalled their intent by building an early 19-0 lead. After scoring a staggering seven tries against Scotland in the …