Les Bleues battled through a scrappy first half before pulling away in Exeter, scoring three tries and keeping Italy scoreless to seal a 24–0 victory in their Pool D opener.

The Women's Rugby World Cup spans from 22nd August to the final on 27th September at a record-breaking sold-out Allianz Stadium, Twickenham. The BBC have rights to stream all of the 32 matches across Network, Red Button, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app, as well as radio rights across 5 Live and nations radio.

France made a winning start to their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign as they ground out a 24-0 victory over Italy in Exeter on Saturday. Grisez broke the deadlock when working a neat overlap out wide on the left before brushing off two defenders,