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England are set to take on the United States in the opening match of the Women's Rugby World Cup in Sunderland. Former Women's England Rugby player Maggie Alphonsi said there has been "so much progress" in women's rugby since the UK last hosted the tournament in 2010. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00When we hosted it in 2010 it was really only one venue. The final was hosted at
00:05Twickenham Stoop Stadium with 14,000 people back then which at the time it
00:10felt like it was quite big but you know fast forward the comparison is so
00:14significant and you know what 375,000 tickets have been sold, 82,000 tickets
00:19have been sold for the final at Twickenham Stadium. It's just gone so far and I'm
00:24just so proud to see where it's come from since since back then which was
00:27still an amazing tournament but it's really positive to think that there's
00:31been so much progress.
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