although television audiences and event attendance still remain relatively low, especially in comparison to other women's world cup events. The final of the 2006 event in Canada was broadcast in a number of countries and streamed live via the internet. Sky Sports broadcast 13 live matches from the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup, including the semi-finals, the third and fourth place play-off match and the final. The pool matches shown included all of England's matches, while each of the home nations' featured live too. There were also highlights shown from all other matches during the pool stages. In Ireland the Women's Rugby World Cup was broadcast by TG4 in 2014, the Irish language channel received praise for airing the tournament. TG4 provided coverage to all of the Irish matches as well as the final and semi-final. Certain matches in the 2017 WRWC knockout phases drew strong TV viewership in England and France, and were broadcast live in the United States. In 2017, ITV started televising Women’s Rugby Union World Cup matches on free-to-air TV for the first time in history, starting with the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland. See also Rugby World Cup (men) Women's rugby union Women's international rugby Women's Rugby League World Cup References External links Women's Rugby World Cup from therugbyworldcup.co.uk (archived) Women's Rugby World Cup (1991–2017) at rugbyfootballhistory.com World Cup World Cup, Women's Recurring sporting events established in 1991 World Rugby competitions World cups