Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher: Hats off to England – a great first night at the Women’s World Cup

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Brendan Gallagher
24 August 2025

So England started with an 11 try romp, a World Cup record attendance of 42,723 and a performance to send a shiver down the spine of prospective opponents.
As opening nights go, it could hardly have been better.
There was a fair old splattering, already, of cowboy hats in the Stadium of Light crowd which is a trend set to grow as England advance through the tournament while, on the pitch, there were also a variety of lasso type celebrations from those scoring.
England were equal to the hype, most certainly not a case of all hat and no cattle to borrow from Gary Cooper, or John Wayne or per...

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