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• Pool A: Australia 73-0 Samoa

• Wallaroos set their record tournament victory

Australia made light work of Samoa with a flawless performance in Salford, registering their record margin of victory in a Women's World Cup game to move top of Group A after the opening round of fixtures.

With the competition expanding from 12 teams to 16, it was perhaps expected there would be some one-sided results. This was categorically one of those as the Wallaroos began their campaign with a dominant victory to tee up what will almost certainly be a winner-takes-all clash with USA next Saturday in York to qualify with England.