USA in pool with top ranked hosts, Australia & Somoa for Women’s World Cup England 2025

USA in pool with top ranked hosts, Australia & Somoa for Women’s World Cup England 2025

By Fran Thompson

  The United States will be in pool A with top ranked England, Australia and Samoa for the Aug. 22-Sept. 27 Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. Reigning champions New Zealand are joined by Ireland, Japan and Spain in Pool C. Rugby World Cup 2021 bronze medalists France are drawn in Pool D alongside Italy, South Africa and Brazil, and pool B sees No. 2 seed Canada set to face Scotland, Wales and Fiji.

  With a record number of early tickets sales and global media coverge as proof, this WRC promises to be the largest global celebration of women’s rugby ever. The Draw took place live on The One Show, one of the BBC’s most-watched programs. Gabby Logan, England’s Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 winner (pictured) Maggie Alphonsi and presenter Roman Kemp drew the teams into the four pools.

  Prior to the draw, the 16 qualified teams were placed into four bands based on the World Rugby Women’s Rankings with the top four teams in Band 1 (England, Canada, New Zealand and France) pre-populated into the first position of each pool.  

  With 95 percent of the country living within two hours of one of the eight iconic match venues and 60 percent of tickets under £25, England 2025 will be the most accessible Women’s Rugby World Cup ever, uniting fans for  a generational moment for the sport.

  More than 60,000 tickets have already been sold for England’s opening match at Sunderland and the final matches at Twickenham. England will play their remaining two pool matches in Northampton and Brighton and Hove. The next tiket window for all matches on Nov. 5 and Nov. 19. Ballots will be used for any price categories which are oversubscribed. 

  “Next week will see the tournament celebrate another exciting milestone, as we unveil the match schedule, allowing fans, host locations and teams to start preparing their Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 experience in earnest,” said Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Managing Director, Sarah Massey.