The attendance record for the Women’s Rugby World Cup was also broken on the opening night as 42,723 watched England beat USA in Sunderland.

TV channel: The entire Women’s Rugby World Cup will be broadcast free-to-air by the BBC. Select matches will be broadcast on terrestrial TV. Live stream: Fans with a valid TV license can stream every match of the tournament online via BBC iPlayer.

That means the ONLY official Women's Rugby World Cup stream is hosted by beIN SPORTS and you can watch it on beIN SPORTS CONNECT (our dedicated streaming service platform) in HD. Without fear of your stream cutting out mid-match from copyright takedowns.