Ireland reached the Women's Rugby World Cup quarterfinals after getting past Spain 43-27 in Northampton on Sunday.

The achievement was Ireland's best at a World Cup since it got to the 2014 semifinals, after beating New Zealand for the first time. The Irish and Black Ferns meet next weekend to decide the winner of Pool C.

Ireland and Spain split their last two matches by a combined three points and gave another absorbing match.

The Irish had to make more tackles and spent more time in their half, but their discipline was better and they were more clinical, scoring seven tries to Spain's five.

After failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup — Spain beat Ireland 8-7 in qualifying — Ireland has returned to the party with two bonus-point wins, and both without its injured star No. 8 Aoife

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