With the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025’s final whistle, an absolute extraordinary month’s worth of sporting excitement ended in a massive victory for one of our home nations, England after the team previously lost to New Zealand 3 years ago, however, the heartbreaks of the past are well and truly healed by this year’s triumph for the Red Roses. From the span of 22nd August to 27th September, 16 teams from across the globe competed in stadiums around England for the chance to call themselves world champions. Although not as great as a result for the Welsh, there certainly were plenty of moments which showcased pure tawlent and skill throughout the exciting tournament.
At the beginning of the tournament, 4 pools existed, meaning the starting 16 qualified teams were placed into randomised groups that would hopefully see them through to the knock-out rounds. Our own nation, Wales, was Pool B surrounded by the likes of Canada, Scotland, and Fiji – all popular and talented teams. Although Wales proved to be a team of passion and determination, their performances lacked strength.
As a result, Wales fell to the bottom of the leaderboard with no tournament wins. England, however, won every match played during the group stages and, therefore, progressed through to the knockout stage. England then played big teams, Scotland and France during the quarter and semi-finals, but these two teams were no match to the talented English squad both losing with drastic scores, 40-8 and 35-17.
These results rewarded England with a well-earned place in the final against equally strong nation, Canada. Held in a sold-out Allianz Stadium with a record-breaking 82,000 fans in attendance, both teams fought hard to be the champions, but only one could lift the trophy at the end. A tough, highly competitive battle between the two ended with a 33-13 victory to the Red Roses of England, which concluded the 2025 tournament.
The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 gave a stage to so many women all of which are such highly skilled, talented athletes who have proven themselves worthy of having the opportunity to perform and represent their nations. Not only did these amazing women represent their countries, but they also stood for women in sport and proved to girls across the world that girls can and will play contact sports – extremely successfully too. Step outside the scoreboards, the trophies, and celebrations and everyone can see just how much women being on a global stage within sports means to the people not yet performing on it but wish to be.
The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 was an absolute showcase of women in sport succeeding and excelling. Roll-on 2029, where the tournament will be held in the land down-under, Australia – let us hope we get to see more exceptional performances as we saw this year!