# 2011 Nations Cup (women's rugby union)

The third Nations Cup tournament was played at Appleby College and Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Canada, in August 2011 following on from an Under-20 version which took place in California a month before. The tournaments included teams representing the USA, South Africa, England and Canada. England retained both titles.
For USA, Canada and South Africa these were the first internationals they had played since the World Cup. Although the final results in both tournaments were as expected, in the senior event England trailed to both USA and Canada before turning the games round - in the case of the USA game from the final play of the game after 7 minutes of added injury time. Canada led 5-3 at half time in the group game before conceding four second-half tries.
All teams used the group phase of the tournament to try out different formations, selecting their strongest available starting XVs in the finals.

## Under 20 Nations Cup 2011 (Santa Barbara, California)
### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | England U20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 7 | +137 | 12 |
| 2 | USA U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 8 |
| 3 | Canada U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 4 |
| 4 | South Africa U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 118 | −101 | 0 |

#### Points scoring

4 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, no points for a loss. 1 bonus point awarded for scoring four or more tries and 1 bonus point for losing by less than 7 points.

### Results

* 14 July 2011
| Canada U20 | 0–41 | England U20 |
| | Video and match report | Tries: Natasha Jones 6' Katie Mason 10' Rebecca Hughes 21', 79' Hannah Gallagher 32', 51' Ceri Large 82' Cons: Amber Reed 6', 80', 82' |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
* 14 July 2011
| USA U20 | 27–3 | South Africa U20 |
| Tries: Anderson 29' Washington 35' Naber 73' Larson 79' Cons: Bizer 73', 79' Pen: Bizer 20' | Video | Pen: Pienaar 18' |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
* 17 July 2011
| Canada U20 | 27–7 | South Africa U20 |
| Tries: Farella 15', 46', 53' Harvey 64' DeMerchant 78' Conv: Harvey 54' | Video | Try: Pieenar 57' Conv: Pieenar 57' |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
* 17 July 2011
| USA U20 | 0–37 | England U20 |
| | Video | Tries: Davidson 15', 55', 67' Hughes 21' Roberts 31' Mills 41' Gallagher (77') Conv: Large 42' |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
* 20 July 2011
| England U20 | 66–7 | South Africa U20 |
| Tries: Gallagher (2) Wilson Hardy Cleall Peedle (2) Demaine E Scott Matthews (2) Hughes Davidson Cons: E Scott (3) | Video | Try: Van Slicht Conv: Pienaar |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
* 20 July 2011
| USA U20 | 15–5 | Canada U20 |
| | Video | |
* Storke Field, Santa Barbara
Third place
* 23 July 2011
| Canada U20 | 32–5 | South Africa U20 |
| Tries: Thompson Vestby Siefert Orr Pegg Delaney Cons: Vestby (2) | Video | |
* Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara
Final
* 23 July 2011
| USA U20 | 11–48 | England U20 |
| | Video | Tries: Hughes (2) Fletcher Gallagher (3) Jones Davidson Cons: Reed (4) |
* Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara

## Nations Cup 2011 (Appleby College, Oakville, Canada)
### Final table

| Position | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Bonus points | Bonus points | Table points |
| Position | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | Tries | Losing | Table points |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### Results

* 2 August 2011
| Canada | 52–17 | South Africa |
* Oakville, Ontario
* 2 August 2011
| England | 15–11 | United States |
* Oakville, Ontario
* 5 August 2011
| England | 46–8 | South Africa |
* Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* 5 August 2011
| Canada | 35–17 | United States |
* Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* 9 August 2011
| United States | 23–26 | South Africa |
* Oakville, Ontario
* 9 August 2011
| Canada | 10–22 | England |
* Oakville, Ontario
Third place
* 13 August 2011
| United States | 29–9 | South Africa |
* Oakville, Ontario
Final
* 13 August 2011
| Canada | 19–41 | England |
* Oakville, Ontario