{"id":35678,"date":"2025-09-18T05:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/england-advances-to-the-womens-world-cup-semi-finals-after-defeating-scotland\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:43:13","slug":"england-advances-to-the-womens-world-cup-semi-finals-after-defeating-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/england-advances-to-the-womens-world-cup-semi-finals-after-defeating-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"England advances to the Women&#8217;s World Cup semi-finals after defeating Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>England Crushes Scotland and Advances to the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup Semifinals<\/h2>\n\nIn an exciting quarter-final match of the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup, England demonstrated their superiority by defeating Scotland with a resounding score of 40-8 at Ashton Gate.\n\nThe &#8220;Red Roses&#8221;, considered favorites, met expectations, securing their place in the semi-finals, where they will face France next week.\n\nDespite the difficult weather conditions, with heavy rain, England imposed their game, especially thanks to the strength of their forwards, who dominated the match with aggression and power.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0914%2Fr1545428_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Holly Aitchison anot\u00f3 15 puntos en Bristol\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nHolly Aitchison was one of the key figures of the match, accumulating 15 points for her team.\n\nEngland, although with some important absences, such as Hannah Botterman and Ellie Kildunne, had the return of their captain Zoe Aldcroft. John Mitchell chose to line up Aitchison as fly-half and Helena Rowland as fullback.\n\nFor Scotland, this defeat marks the end of Jade Konkel and Lisa Cockburn&#8217;s international careers. In addition, it was Bryan Easson&#8217;s last match as coach of the Scottish team.\n\nDespite Scotland&#8217;s efforts, a lack of precision in their set play prevented them from keeping pace against England.\n\nThe match was dominated by England from the start, with Kelsey Clifford scoring two tries in the first half and Morwenna Talling adding another.\n\nAbby Dow also shone, scoring her 50th try for England.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0914%2Fr1545406_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Abby Dow anot\u00f3 su try n\u00famero 50 para Inglaterra\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nWith a considerable lead at halftime, England maintained intensity in the second half, with Dow causing problems for the Scottish defense. Cokayne and Aitchison added more points to the scoreboard.\n\nScotland managed a consolation try at the end of the match, but England already had the victory secured.\n\nThe &#8220;Red Roses&#8221; will face France in the semi-finals next Saturday, again at Ashton Gate.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England Crushes Scotland and Advances to the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup Semifinals In an exciting quarter-final match of the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup, England demonstrated their superiority by defeating Scotland with a resounding score of 40-8 at Ashton Gate. The &#8220;Red Roses&#8221;, considered favorites, met expectations, securing their place in the semi-finals, where they will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[509,203,940,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-35678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-england","9":"tag-rugby","10":"tag-scotland","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}