Ireland's line-out has been a struggle in recent games and they're picked off at their first attempt out of touch.

Aoife Wafer almost immediately wins the penalty, though, and Ireland will go again.

Connacht's Nicole Fowley puts boot to ball a couple of times in the opening exchanges, finding space in the backfield.

Hawkins kicks clear but Ireland will the line-out just outside the USA '22'.

McKenzie Hawkins kicks to Ireland and we're off.

Hope Rogers is first out of the tunnel on the occasion of her 50th cap, just the second woman to reach the milestone for USA.

She's followed by the two teams and we await the anthems before we get things underway in Vancouver.

Ireland head coach Scott Bemand: “We want to put our best performance out there, we want to be coming home having picked up wins.

"If we get to the end of this competition and we leave this autumn block, if you include the Australia game in that, if we go home winning three, losing one, we’d be moving momentum in the right direction."

USA head coach Sione Fukofuka: "Ireland are playing with confidence after beating Australia and New Zealand recently, so we know that it will be an 80 minute contest with set piece and the collision zone a feature.

"Ireland have a good kicking game and are tactically smart, so we are looking to turn that pressure into opportunities with ball in hand and expressing ourselves with and without the ball.”

With Irish captain Edel McMahon still missing with an injury picked up in Vancouver, Enya Breen continues as skipper.

Aoife Dalton will come back in to partner her in midfield and Nicole Fowley replaces Dannah O'Brien at ten. In the only change to the Irish pack, Neve Jones returns in place of Cliodhna Moloney.

There are two changes for the Eagles, for whom Exeter Chiefs prop Hope Rogers earns a 50th cap.

Cassidy Bargell comes in to start at nine, while Emily Henrich comes onto the bench.

Ireland: Stacey Flood; Eimear Considine Aoife Dalton, Enya Breen (capt) Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe; Nicole Fowley, Emily Lane; Niamh O’Dowd, Neve Jones, Linda Djougang; Dorothy Wall, Fiona Tuite; Erin King, Aoife Wafer, Brittany Hogan.

Replacements: Cliodhna Moloney, Siobhan McCarthy, Andrea Stock, Ruth Campbell, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird, Molly Scuffil-McCabe, Dannah O’Brien, Eve Higgins.

USA: Bulou Mataitoga; Cheta Emba, Alev Kelter, Gabby Cantorna, Lotte Sharp; McKenzie Hawkins, Cassidy Bargell; Hope Rogers, Kathryn Treder, Charli Jacoby; Erica Jarrell; Hallie Taufoou; Tahlia Brody, Kate Zackary, Rachel Johnson.

Replacements: Paige Stathopoulos, Maya Learned, Keia Mae Sagapolu, Rachel Ehrecke, Tessa Hann, Taina Tukuafu, Emily Henrich, Tess Feury.

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This time a year ago, Ireland were playing in WXV3, taking the third tier title thanks to wins over Colombia, Kazakhstan and Spain.

After finishing third in the 2024 Six Nations, they leapt up two divisions and announced their arrival with a shock win over the world champion Black Ferns in their opener.

Defeat against Canada followed last week and Scott Bemand's side will be out to finish a positive year on a high against American opposition they beat in Dublin when the sides last met three years ago.

Can they do it? Kick-off is at 20:30 BST.

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The Red Roses continued their record of 19 consecutive wins after they ran in nine tries to beat world number one New Zealand. Player of the Match Jess Breach scored a hattrick of tries to secure a 49-31 victory to take them top of the table.

Last week, Canada stormed to victory against Ireland, winning 21-8. The Irish had two players sent to the sin-bin within a minute of each other which ultimately sealed their fate.

Ireland look to finish the series on a positive note, with head coach Scott Bemand having made three changes to his team that will take on the USA in the final round on Friday evening; with a chance of finishing runners up.

The Black Ferns seek to record their first win of the series as they face France on Saturday night, who will be hoping to expand on their win against the USA last weekend.

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Coverage of the remaining final round of WXV games as well as the Women's Rugby World Cup draw can be found below:

WXV 1: USA v Ireland

Friday 11th October (20:20 - 22:30 BST) - Live coverage @Red Button @BBCiPlayer @BBCSportwebsite & App plus live text and scores update

WXV 2: South Africa v Italy

Saturday 12th October 12:50 - 15:00 BST Live coverage @Red Button @BBCiPlayer @BBCSportwebsite & App

WXV 2: Australia v Scotland

Saturday 12th October 15:50 - 18:00 BST Live coverage @Red Button @BBCiPlayer @BBCSportwebsite & App

WXV 1: New Zealand v France

Saturday 12th October 23:35 - 01:45 BST Live coverage @Red Button @BBCiPlayer @BBCSportwebsite & App

WXV 1: Canada v England

Sunday 13th October 02:50 - 05:00 BST Live coverage @Red Button @BBCiPlayer @BBCSportwebsite & App

Women's Rugby World Cup Draw

Thursday 17th October - The One Show (19:00 BST - 19:30 BST) - The draw will take place live and will be hosted by Gabby Logan and England's 2014 World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi. Seeding s will be determined by the final round of the WXV.

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2024 Qualification

The series consists of three tiers WXV 1, 2 & 3, with the teams in those tiers playing each other.

Matches in the final round of 2023 decided regional spots across all three levels for 2024.

Which teams are in what tier?

WXV1 takes place in Canada, it features the three sides from the 2024 Women's Six Nations:

• England, France and Ireland.

Plus the top three from the Pacific Four Series - Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

WXV2 will be in South Africa containing the remaining Six Nations sides:

• Scotland, Wales and Italy - as well as South Africa, Australia and Japan.

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In 2023, World Rugby added a new three-tier annual global women’s international 15s competition to the test calendar with the ambition to accelerate the growth of the women’s game. The WXV returns this September, with matches being held in Canada, Dubai and South Africa.

The competition promises to bring more exciting competitive matches on the road to an expanded 16-team Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025.

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