Francesca McGhie bags hat-trick as Scotland demolish Wales at Women's Rugby World Cup

• Pool B: Scotland 38-8 Wales

• Scots run in six tries in crucial Pool B clash

Scotland proved far too strong for Wales in the most significant game of the opening weekend of the Women's Rugby World Cup to take a sizeable step towards qualification for the quarter-finals for the first time since 2002.

These two nations have been involved in some thrilling and nail-biting clashes in recent years but Bryan Easson's side were far too strong here in Salford. This had all the hallmarks of an early sudden-death clash, with the winners tipped to qualify from Pool B with Canada and potentially set up a last-eight clash with England.