Whangarei

Three points split them at the delayed World Cup in 2022 - an 86th-minute Kiera Bevan penalty giving Wales the win in Whangarei, New Zealand.

One student went missing at the Abbey Caves near Whangarei on the upper North Island after a group of 15 high school students and two adults got into difficulty amid a heavy rain storm.

New Zealand police Superintendent Tony Hill said in a statement that one person was missing at the Abbey Caves, near Whangarei, after a group of high school students got into difficulty.

Winger Joanna Grisez scored a try in the first two minutes and added two more late for a hat trick which lifted France to a 39-3 win over Italy Saturday in the first quarterfinal at the Women’s Rugby World Cup at Whangarei, New Zealand.

They face France at Whangarei on Saturday, with the winner facing hosts New Zealand or Wales at Eden Park in the semi-finals.