{"id":1441,"date":"2014-08-10T19:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T18:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2014-08-10T19:47:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T18:47:03","slug":"irb-press-release-womens-rugby-world-cup-2014-semi-finalists-decided-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/irb-press-release-womens-rugby-world-cup-2014-semi-finalists-decided-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"IRB PRESS RELEASE: Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2014 Semi-Finalists Decided in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"581\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" valign=\"top\" width=\"581\"><span class=\"text_newshead\"><span class=\"text_newshead\">Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2014 Semi-Finalists Decided in Paris<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.irb.com\/mm\/Photo\/Tournament\/Home\/02\/07\/25\/94\/2072594_IPDNEWS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A day of high-drama has decided the four teams that will compete in the semi-finals of Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2014 on August 13 in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland will play in their first ever Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup semi-final when they face their rivals England, while hosts France face Canada in Stade Jean Bouin, the home of Stade Francais.<\/p>\n<p>Les Bleues beat a strong Australia side 17-3 in the last match of the day to finish top of Pool C, while Ireland beat Kazakhstan to top pool B.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the tournament\u2019s history, New Zealand will not play any part in the semi-finals, as a 13-13 draw between England and Canada was enough to eliminate the Black Ferns from the final four. England topped pool A with Canada qualifying for the semi-finals as best runners-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.irb.com:81\/CT00287502MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2014-08-09\">CLICK HERE FOR A FULL REVIEW OF #WRWC2014 DAY THREE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile tickets for the semi-final and finals at Stade Jean Bouin are selling very quickly and fans are encouraged to book early.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been extraordinary interest in this competition since it kicked off and it has captured the public&#8217;s imagination both here in France and around the world,&#8221; said IRB Tournament Director Philippe Bourdarias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I urge all fans to get their tickets for the semi-finals and final as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as there are some classic matches in store at Stade Jean Bouin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.irb.com:81\/CT00287503MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2014-08-09\">CLICK HERE FOR TICKETING INFORMATION &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tournament is also enjoying a high profile on social media with a massive Facebook presence and the <b>#WRWC2014<\/b> hashtag in operation on Twitter via <b>@irbwomens<\/b>. High-resolution photos and audio clips can be downloaded from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.irb.com:81\/CT00287504MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2014-08-09\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> and used rights-free for editorial purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.irb.com:81\/CT00287505MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2014-08-09\">CLICK HERE FOR #WRWC2014 MATCH SCHEDULE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2014 Semi-Finalists Decided in Paris A day of high-drama has decided the four teams that will compete in the semi-finals of Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2014 on August 13 in Paris. Ireland will play in their first ever Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup semi-final when they face their rivals England, while hosts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[40,26,794,122,2441],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","tag-cup","tag-rugby","tag-semi-finalists","tag-womens","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions\/1444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}