The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup fixtures are complete – and it’s congratulations to England, the new world champions.
The Red Roses defeated Canada 33-13 at Twickenham to lift the trophy for the third time. Tries by Ellie Kildunne, Amy Cokayne, Alex Matthews (two) and Abbie Ward, along with four Zoe Harrison conversions, saw England home with a degree of comfort in front of a record women’s rugby crowd of 81,885. It extended their winning run to a record 33 matches.
Canada, for whom wing Asia Hogan-Rochester crossed twice, finished as silver medalists 11 years after losing to the same opponents in the final in Paris. Sophie de Goede, Canada’s inspirational second-row, was crowned World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year.
Bronze went to New Zealand, who beat France 42-26 in an exciting third-place play-off. Braxton Sorensen-McGee, 18, bagged a brace to finish the tournament as the top try-scorer.
BBC Sport, the host broadcaster, had a record-breaking peak audience of 5.8 million viewers for the the Red Roses’ triumph. The final not only marked the most-watched women’s rugby match ever on UK television but also became the most-watched rugby match of the year.
Across the tournament, the Women’s Rugby World Cup reached a total TV audience of 12 million, with 10.5 million streams on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport digital platforms.
Below you’ll find all the results from the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Pools
The pool draw was made on 17 October 2024 on BBC One’s The One Show. England, Canada, New Zealand and France are the four top seeds.
- Pool A England, Australia, USA, Samoa
- Pool B Canada, Scotland, Wales, Fiji
- Pool C New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Spain
- Pool D France, Italy, South Africa, Brazil
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Fixtures
Friday 22 August
- England 69-7 USA
Pool A: Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Saturday 23 August
- Australia 73-0 Samoa
Pool A: Salford Community Stadium, Salford - Scotland 38-8 Wales
Pool B: Salford Community Stadium, Salford - Canada 65-7 Fiji
Pool B: York Community Stadium, York - France 24-0 Italy
Pool D: Sandy Park, Exeter
Sunday 24 August
- Ireland 42-14 Japan
Pool C: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton - South Africa 66-6 Brazil
Pool D: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton - New Zealand 54-8 Spain
Pool C: York Community Stadium, York
Saturday 30 August
- Canada 42-0 Wales
Pool B: Salford Community Stadium, Salford - Scotland 29-15 Fiji
Pool B: Salford Community Stadium, Salford - England 92-3 Samoa
Pool A: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton - USA 31-31 Australia
Pool A: York Community Stadium, York
Sunday 31 August
- Ireland 43-27 Spain
Pool C: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton - New Zealand 62-19 Japan
Pool C: Sandy Park, Exeter - Italy 24-29 South Africa
Pool D: York Community Stadium, York - France 84-5 Brazil
Pool D: Sandy Park, Exeter
Saturday 6 September
- Canada 40-19 Scotland
Pool B: Sandy Park, Exeter - USA 60-0 Samoa
Pool A: York Community Stadium, York - Wales 25-28 Fiji
Pool B: Sandy Park, Exeter - England 47-7 Australia
Pool A: Brighton and Hove Stadium, Brighton
Sunday 7 September
- Japan 29-21 Spain
Pool C: York Community Stadium, York - Italy 64-3 Brazil
Pool D: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton - New Zealand 40-0 Ireland
Pool C: Brighton and Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton - France 57-10 South Africa
Pool D: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Saturday 13 September
- New Zealand 46-17 South Africa
Sandy Park, Exeter - Canada 46-5 Australia
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Sunday 14 September
- France 18-13 Ireland
Sandy Park, Exeter - England 40-8 Scotland
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Friday 19 September
- New Zealand 19-34 Canada
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Saturday 20 September
- France 17-35 England
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Saturday 27 September
- New Zealand 42-26 France (Bronze Final)
Twickenham Stadium, London - Canada 13-33 England (Final)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 Results
The previous Women’s Rugby World Cup fixtures were due to take place in New Zealand in 2021, with games being played in Auckland and Whangarei. However, the tournament was postponed until 2022 due to Covid. The results of the rescheduled tournament are below. The top two in each pool, and the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Rugby World produced a Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 Wallchart that you can download for free.
First Pool Matches
Saturday 8 October
- South Africa 5-40 France
- Fiji 19-84 England
- Australia 17-41 New Zealand
Sunday 9 October
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week One
Second Pool Matches
Saturday 15 October
- Scotland 12-14 Australia
- USA 30-17 Japan
- France 7-13 England
Sunday 16 October
- Italy 12-22 Canada
- Wales 12-56 New Zealand
- Fiji 21-17 South Africa
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week Two
Third Pool Matches
Saturday 22 October
- Australia 13-7 Wales
- New Zealand 57-0 Scotland
- France 44-0 Fiji
Sunday 23 October
- Japan 8-21 Italy
- Canada 29-14 USA
- England 75-0 South Africa
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week Three
Quarter-finals
Saturday 29 October
- France 39-3 Italy
- New Zealand 55-3 Wales
Sunday 30 October
- England 41-5 Australia
- Canada 32-11 USA
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Saturday 5 November
- England 26-19 Canada
- New Zealand 25-24 France
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Semi-finals
Bronze final
Saturday 12 November
- Canada 0-36 France
Final
Saturday 12 November
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 Team of the Tournament
Past Women’s Rugby World Cup tournaments
2017
- Host nation – Ireland
- Final – New Zealand 41-32 England
2014
- Host nation – France
- Final – England 21-9 Canada
2010
- Host nation – England
- Final – New Zealand 13-10 England
2006
- Host nation – Canada
- Final – New Zealand 25-17 England
2002
- Host nation – Spain
- Final – New Zealand 19-9 England
1998
- Host nation – Netherlands
- Final – New Zealand 44-12 USA
1994
- Host nation – Scotland
- Final – England 38-23 USA
1991
- Host nation – Wales
- Final – USA 19-6 England
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