2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final

The 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, the tenth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup, was held in England between 22 August and 27 September 2025. Sixteen teams competed in the final tournament, playing 32 matches. The top four placed teams from the 2021 World Cup automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining twelve spots were decided in qualifying rounds. The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four, with each team playing each other once in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals. The final was awarded to Twickenham Stadium at the same time England were announced as hosts. With 82,000 tickets sold, the final was on track to become the second-highest attended Rugby World Cup final (men's or women's), behind only the 2003 Men's Rugby World Cup final, which had an attendance of 82,957. The expected crowd would also surpass the attendance record for a women's rugby event of 66,000, set during the 2024 Summer Olympics women's rugby sevens, ==Route to the final==

Canada Canada began their World Cup campaign by beating Fiji 65–7. They also won their remaining two Pool B matches comfortably to qualify for the knockout stage. In their second match, they beat Wales 42–0, and in their final game they beat Scotland 40–19. In the quarter-finals, they faced Australia who had been runner's up in Pool A. Canada won the match comfortably 46–5. In a closely fought semi-final, Canada played the defending champions New Zealand, whom they defeated 19–34 to reach their second ever World Cup final. England England reached their ninth Women's Rugby World Cup final in a similar manner to Canada. In Pool A, England won their fixtures against the United States, Samoa, and Australia to finish at the top of the pool and qualify for the knockout stage. In the quarter-finals, they faced Scotland, who had finished second in Pool B behind Canada. England won the match 40–8. In the semi-final, England played France in a much closer match. England were eventual winners beating France 17–35. ==Match==

Summary Canada struck first in the 5th minute of the first half, when winger Asia Hogan-Rochester finished a counter-attack to give their side a 5–0 lead after captain Sophie de Goede missed the conversion. England replied three minutes later when Ellie Kildunne broke two tackles to score under the posts, with Zoe Harrison converting the try for a 5–7 lead. England's second try came from hooker Amy Cokayne in the 19th minute after a strong rolling maul, Harrison converted to make the score 5–14. In the 33rd minute, Canada captain Sophie de Goede added three points to their tally from a penalty after an English infringement. This made the score 8–21. • The crowd of 81,885 was a record for a Women's rugby union match. • The crowd of 81,885 was the second-highest for any Rugby World Cup final across the men's and women's tournaments. • Hollie Davidson became the first referee to officiate two Women's Rugby World Cup finals. Statistics == References ==