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.

Rugby World has also produced a Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 Wallchart you can download for free.

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.

Related: Rugby World Cup 2022 Knockout Stages Explained

Women’s Rugby World Cup Fixtures 2022

Kick-offs in UK & Ireland time.

Saturday 8 October – First Pool Matches

South Africa v France (2.15am, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool C)

Fiji v England (4.45am, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool C)

Australia v New Zealand (7.15am, Eden Park, Auckland, Pool A)

Sunday 9 October – First Pool Matches

USA v Italy (0.45am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)

Japan v Canada (3.15am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)

Wales v Scotland (5.45am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)

Saturday 15 October – Second Pool Matches

Scotland v Australia (3am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)

USA v Japan (5.30am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool B)

France v England (8am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool C)

Sunday 16 October – Second Pool Matches

Italy v Canada (0.45am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)

Wales v New Zealand (3.15am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool A)

Fiji v South Africa (5.45am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool C)

Saturday 22 October – Third Pool Matches

Australia v Wales (2.15am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)

New Zealand v Scotland (4.45am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool A)

France v Fiji (7.15am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei, Pool C)

Sunday 23 October – Third Pool Matches

Japan v Italy (0.45am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)

Canada v USA (3.15am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool B)

England v South Africa (5.45am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland, Pool C)

Saturday 29 October – Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1 (4.30am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei)

Quarter-final 2 (7.30am, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei)

Sunday 30 October – Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 3 (1.30am*, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland)

Quarter-final 4 (3.30am, Waitakere Stadium, Auckland)

* The clocks go back in the UK at 2am on Sunday 30 October, so this match kicks off at 1.30am but half an hour in the time will be 1am as the time difference to New Zealand changes to 13 hours.

Saturday 5 November – Semi-finals

Semi-final 1 (3.30am, Eden Park, Auckland)

Semi-final 2 (6.30am, Eden Park, Auckland)

Saturday 12 November – Final

Final (6.30am, Eden Park, Auckland)

Past Tournaments – Final Results

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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