Red Roses<\/a> are favourites to triumph on home soil having gone unbeaten since losing the final to the Black Ferns in Auckland in 2022, but will again expect a tough challenge from the two-time defending champions.<\/p>\nFrance and Canada will also harbour hopes of a breakthrough success in an event that could prove a real catalyst for the growth of the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n
When is the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup?<\/p>\n
The 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup will be held in England, starting with the opening clash in Sunderland on Friday 22 August and culminating with the third place play-off and final at Twickenham on Saturday 27 September.<\/p>\n
What cities are hosting games?<\/p>\n
There are eight venues for the tournament. Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light will be used for the opening game, while Exeter\u2019s Sandy Park and Bristol\u2019s Ashton Gate will play host to the quarter-finals – with the latter stadium again used for the two semi-finals. Twickenham will host the final, with World Rugby hopeful of a sellout crowd.<\/p>\n
The Brighton and Hove Albion Stadium, Salford Community Stadium, Franklin\u2019s Gardens in Northampton and York Community Stadium will host pool matches.<\/p>\n
Pools<\/p>\n
Pool A: England, Australia, United States, Samoa<\/p>\n
Pool B: Canada, Scotland, Wales, Fiji<\/p>\n
Pool C: New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Spain<\/p>\n
Pool D: France, Italy, South Africa, Brazil<\/p>\n
How can I watch it?<\/p>\n
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the tournament on the BBC, with extensive coverage on television and online via the BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n
Full fixture schedule<\/p>\n
All times BST <\/p>\n
Friday 22 August<\/p>\n
Pool A: England v USA (19:30), Stadium of Light<\/p>\n
Saturday 23 August<\/p>\n
Pool A: Australia v Samoa (12:00), Salford Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool B: Scotland v Wales (14:45), Salford Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool B: Canada v Fiji (17:30), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool D: France v Italy (20:15), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Sunday 24 August<\/p>\n
Pool C: Ireland v Japan (12:00), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Pool D: South Africa v Brazil (14:45), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Pool C: New Zealand v Spain (17:30), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Saturday 30 August<\/p>\n
Pool B: Canada v Wales (12:00), Salford Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool B: Scotland v Fiji (14:45), Salford Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool A: England v Samoa (17:00), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Pool A: USA v Australia (19:30), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Sunday 31 August<\/p>\n
Pool C: Ireland v Spain (12:00), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Pool C: New Zealand v Japan (14:00), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Pool D: Italy v South Africa (15:30), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool D: France v Brazil (16:45), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Saturday 6 September<\/p>\n
Pool B: Canada v Scotland (12:00), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Pool A: USA v Samoa (13:30), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool B: Wales v Fiji (14:45), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Pool A: England v Australia (17:00), Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium<\/p>\n
Sunday 7 September<\/p>\n
Pool C: Japan v Spain (12:00), York Community Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool D: Italy v Brazil (14:00), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Pool C: New Zealand v Ireland (14:45), Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium<\/p>\n
Pool D: France v South Africa (16:45), Franklin’s Gardens<\/p>\n
Quarter-final fixtures, kick-off times<\/p>\n
Saturday 13 September<\/p>\n
Quarter-final 1: Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D (13:00), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Quarter-final 2: Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A (16:00), Ashton Gate<\/p>\n
Sunday 14 September<\/p>\n
Quarter-final 3: Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C (13:00), Sandy Park<\/p>\n
Quarter-final 4: Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B (16:00), Ashton Gate<\/p>\n
Semi-final fixtures, kick-off time<\/p>\n
Friday 19 September<\/p>\n
Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 (19:00), Ashton Gate<\/p>\n
Saturday 20 September<\/p>\n
Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 (15:30), Ashton Gate<\/p>\n
Final<\/p>\n
Saturday 27 September<\/p>\n
Third-place play-off final (12:30), Twickenham<\/p>\n
World Cup final (16:00), Twickenham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-67471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}