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The Prince and Princess of Wales will be watching separate home nation rugby matches today at the Women's World Cup as they cheer on England and Wales in their final group matches
Prince William and Kate will be cheering on home nations teams in the Women's Rugby World Cup group matches today.
The royal couple are both keen sports fans and the Prince of Wales, who is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, will attend the clash between Wales and Fiji at the Sandy Park stadium in Exeter. While Kate, patron of the Rugby Football Union, will attend the match between England and Australia at Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium. The Wales match kicks off first at 2.45pm with England's game starting at 5pm.
If top seeds England win Pool A they would face a quarter-final against the runners-up from Pool B, who were expected to be either Scotland or Wales going into the competition - but the latter have had a dismal World Cup.
England so far have won both their games but Wales lost their opening matches and now will be hoping to at least go out with a victory.
John Mitchells England team are already assured of their place in next weekends quarter-finals and will be joined by the Wallaroos if they secure at least a bonus point on the south coast.
With England expected to complete their rampage through Pool A by registering another heavy win, Australias best chance of reaching the knockout phase at the expense of the USA is by running in four tries. Mitchell believes the need to score will present his side with openings at Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium.
Its a great opportunity to build on what weve already established and were looking for a strong performance, head coach Mitchell said. Australia have definitely improved since we last played them and it will be interesting to see whether they kick or run. Either way they have to play, which is a great opportunity for us.
Meanwhile, Wales boss Sean Lynn has asked his players to leave the pitch against Fiji crawling as the curtain comes down on their disappointing World Cup campaign.
Both sides are playing for pride alone in Exeter after losing their opening two Pool B games, with Canada and Scotland having progressed to the quarter-finals. But Lynn wants Wales to finish with a flourish and leave everything out on the Sandy Park pitch.
It looks like both teams are going to throw the kitchen sink at each other, said Lynn. Its going to be a brilliant battle and Im hoping we come out on top, but Ive asked the girls to come off (the pitch) crawling.
I thought they (Fiji) put in a really strong performance against Scotland. Theyre very exciting when theyve got the ball in hand. Its just making sure that when weve got the ball, were looking after it, going through the phases and testing them in defence as well.
威尔士亲王和王妃今日将分别观看女足世界杯上英格兰与威尔士的收官小组赛,为两支主队助威。
威廉王子与凯特王妃今日将为英伦三岛代表队参加女子橄榄球世界杯小组赛加油助威。
这对王室夫妇都是体育迷。威尔士亲王作为威尔士橄榄球联盟的赞助人,将出席在埃克塞特桑迪公园体育场举行的威尔士对阵斐济的比赛;而凯特王妃作为英格兰橄榄球联盟的赞助人,则会前往布莱顿霍夫体育场观看英格兰对阵澳大利亚的赛事。威尔士队的比赛将于下午2:45率先开赛,英格兰队的比赛则于下午5点开始。
若头号种子英格兰队赢得A组第一,将在四分之一决赛中对阵B组第二名。赛前普遍预测B组出线队伍为苏格兰队或威尔士队,但后者在本届世界杯中表现糟糕。
截至目前,英格兰队已赢得全部两场比赛,而威尔士队则在开局连遭败绩,如今他们至少希望能以一场胜利收官。
约翰·米切尔(John Mitchell)执教的英格兰队已锁定下周末四分之一决赛席位。若澳大利亚女队(Wallaroos)在南海岸赛区至少获得一个附加积分,她们也将晋级八强。
随着英格兰队有望以又一场大胜横扫A组比赛,澳大利亚队若想取代美国队晋级淘汰赛,最佳机会便是完成四次达阵得分。米切尔认为,这种得分需求将为他的队伍在布莱顿霍夫阿尔比恩球场创造进攻机会。
主教练米切尔表示:"这是我们巩固现有成果的良机,我们期待一场精彩表现。澳大利亚队自上次交手后实力明显提升,观察他们选择踢球还是跑动会很有趣。无论哪种方式,他们都必须应战,这对我们而言是绝佳机会。"
与此同时,威尔士队主帅肖恩·林恩要求球员们在世界杯征程落幕之际,以爬行之姿离开对阵斐济的赛场——这场赛事以令人失望的结果告终。
在埃克塞特,双方在B组前两场比赛失利后,仅为荣誉而战,因为加拿大和苏格兰已晋级四分之一决赛。但林恩希望威尔士队能以精彩表现收官,在桑迪公园球场上全力以赴。
琳恩表示:"看来双方都将全力以赴展开激战。这将是一场精彩绝伦的对决,虽然我希望我们能胜出,但我已要求姑娘们即使爬也要爬下赛场(意为拼尽全力)。"
我认为斐济队在对阵苏格兰时表现非常出色。他们持球进攻时极具威胁性。关键在于当我们控球时,必须确保球权安全,通过多阶段传导来考验他们的防守能力。