Women’s Rugby World Cup Fixtures
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was due to take place in New Zealand from 18 September to 16 October 2021, with fixtures being played in Auckland and Whangarei. However, the tournament was postponed until 2022 due to Covid.
Here are the new fixtures, announced in May 2021. The rescheduled tournament will take place in a later window, October-November, and all games will be played at weekends. The top two in each pool, and the two best third-placed teams, will advance to the quarter-finals. Should hosts New Zealand qualify for the knockout stage, they will play in quarter-final 2.
The kick-off times listed below are local times in New Zealand.
Women’s Rugby World Cup Fixtures 2022
Saturday 8 October – First Pool Matches
South Africa v France (2.15pm, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool C)
Fiji v England (4.45pm, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool C)
Australia v New Zealand (7.15pm, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool A)
Sunday 9 October – First Pool Matches
USA v Italy (12.45pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)
Japan v Canada (3.15pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)
Wales v Scotland (5.45pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)
Saturday 15 October – Second Pool Matches
Scotland v Australia (3pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)
USA v Japan (5.30pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)
France v England (8pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool C)
Sunday 16 October – Second Pool Matches
Italy v Canada (12.45pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)
Wales v New Zealand (3.15pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool A)
Fiji v South Africa (5.45pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool C)
Saturday 22 October – Third Pool Matches
Australia v Wales (2.15pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)
New Zealand v Scotland (4.45pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)
France v Fiji (7.15pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool C)
Sunday 23 October – Third Pool Matches
Japan v Italy (12.45pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)
Canada v USA (3.15pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)
England v South Africa (5.45pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool C)
Saturday 29 October – Quarter-finals
Quarter-final 1 (4.15pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei)
Quarter-final 2 (7.30pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei)
Sunday 30 October – Quarter-finals
Quarter-final 3 (1.30pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland)
Quarter-final 4 (4.30pm, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland)
Saturday 5 November – Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 (4.30pm, Eden Park, Auckland)
Semi-final 2 (7.30pm, Eden Park, Auckland)
Saturday 12 November – Final
Final (7.30pm, Eden Park, Auckland)
France and England, European rivals in Pool C, meet on a Saturday night in Whangarei (Getty Images)
Past Tournaments
2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Ireland
Final – New Zealand 41-32 England
2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – France
Final – England 21-9 Canada
2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – England
Final – New Zealand 13-10 England
2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Canada
Final – New Zealand 25-17 England
2002 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Spain
Final – New Zealand 19-9 England
1998 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Netherlands
Final – New Zealand 44-12 United States
1994 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Scotland
Final – England 38-23 United States
1991 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Wales
Final – United States 19-6 England
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