2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Schedule: Here's Every Fixture
2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Schedule: Here's Every Fixture
Here's when every match of the 2025 Rugby Women's World Cup takes place

The road to the 2025 Rugby Women’s World Cup begins Aug. 22 in Sunderland, where top-ranked England will face the USA Eagles in the tournament’s opening match.
The Red Roses, heavy favorites to lift the trophy on home soil, will kick off pool play at 2:30 p.m. ET at Stadium of Light.
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Over three weeks, 16 teams will compete across four pools in stadiums across England.
The New Zealand’s Black Ferns and Canada headline the list of contenders aiming to challenge the hosts, while France, Ireland and Australia look to push into the knockout rounds.
Pool play runs through Sept. 7, with quarterfinals, semifinals and the final to follow.
The opening weekend features Australia vs. Samoa, Scotland vs. Wales, Canada vs. Fiji and France vs. Italy on Aug. 23, followed by Ireland, South Africa and defending champion New Zealand in action Aug. 24.
Key matches include England vs. Australia on Sept. 6 and New Zealand vs. Ireland on Sept. 7.
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Rugby Women's World Cup Schedule And Fixtures
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025
- 2:30 PM ET, England vs. USA
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Australia vs. Samoa
- 9:45 AM ET, Scotland vs. Wales
- 12:30 PM ET, Canada vs. Fiji
- 3:15 PM ET, France vs. Italy
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Ireland vs. Japan
- 9:45 AM ET, South Africa vs. Brazil
- 12:30 PM ET, New Zealand vs. Spain
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Canada vs. Wales
- 9:45 AM ET, Scotland vs. Fiji
- Noon ET, England vs. Samoa
- 2:30 PM ET, USA vs. Australia
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Ireland vs. Spain
- 9 AM ET, New Zealand vs. Japan
- 10:30 AM ET, Italy vs. South Africa
- 11:45 AM ET, France vs. Brazil
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Canada vs. Scotland
- 8:30 AM ET, USA vs. Samoa
- 9:45 AM ET, Wales vs. Fiji
- Noon ET, England vs. Australia
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025
- 7 AM ET, Japan vs. Spain
- 9 AM ET, Italy vs. Brazil
- 9:45 AM ET, New Zealand vs. Ireland
- 11:45 AM ET, France vs. South Africa
Women's Rugby World Cup Pools
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 Rankings
- England - 97.76
- Canada - 90.13
- New Zealand - 88.74
- France - 85.72
- Ireland - 78.81
- Australia - 76.31
- Italy - 76.06
- Scotland - 75.33
- Wales - 72.18
- USA - 72.05
- Japan - 68.83
- South Africa - 68.04
- Spain - 63.31
- Fiji - 59.98
- Samoa - 59.72
- Hong Kong China - 57.56
- Netherlands - 57.42
- Russia - 55.10
- Kazakhstan - 53.88
- Kenya - 50.68
- Sweden - 49.31
- Germany - 49.03
- Portugal - 48.12
- Belgium - 47.28
- Brazil - 45.96
- Tonga - 43.53
- China - 43.34
- Mexico - 43.20
- Uganda - 42.68
- Trinidad & Tobago - 42.43
- Madagascar - 42.34
- Croatia - 41.96
- Finland - 41.78
- Colombia - 41.68
- Andorra - 40.89
- Tunisia - 40.84
- Cameroon - 40.70
- Jamaica - 39.98
- Latvia - 39.94
- Romania - 39.86
- Czechia - 38.56
- Bulgaria - 36.23
- Norway - 35.89
- Papua New Guinea - 35.41
- Denmark - 34.68
- Singapore - 34.06
- Zambia - 33.95
- Guyana - 33.63
- Senegal - 33.16
- Zimbabwe - 32.71
- Bosnia & Herzegovina - 32.00
- India - 31.60
- Thailand - 30.35
- Cote D'Ivoire - 29.85
- Switzerland - 29.46
- Uzbekistan - 29.40
- Burkina Faso - 29.32
- Cayman Islands - 28.95
- Botswana - 27.30
- Philippines - 27.16
- Luxembourg - 26.83
- Namibia - 26.14
- Serbia - 25.79
- Barbados - 24.06
- St Vincent and the Grenadines - 22.71
- Bahamas - 21.67
How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby
The URC will stream all its matches on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:
FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.