Hosts and favourites England had been grouped with Australia and the US whereas six-times winners New Zealand will face a clumsy conflict with Eire after the draw for the 2025 Ladies’s Rugby World Cup was made on Thursday.
Reflecting large development within the ladies’s sport, the match will function an expanded format of 16 groups in comparison with 12 at RWC 2021 in New Zealand, with the “large 4” of England, New Zealand, Canada and France seeded first of their swimming pools.
The match schedule can be launched on Oct. 22, when the trail to the ultimate can even be revealed. It’s probably that if England and New Zealand high their swimming pools they may keep away from one another till the ultimate, although that’s but to be confirmed by World Rugby.
England, who’ve gained 50 of their final 51 matches, the 2021 World Cup remaining defeat by New Zealand being the aberration, even have Samoa of their group, however will count on to advance comfortably.
“It’ll be a troublesome pool, it’ll pose us questions,” stated veteran England ahead Marlie Packer. “However I feel that is actually good for us as a result of we do not wish to get into the knockout levels not having being posed questions.
“Australia have come on leaps and bounds and [former England scrumhalf and captain] Jo Yat clearly has a number of English historical past, which sort of provides to the magic of the fixture.”
New Zealand will give the utmost respect to Eire, who beat them within the WXV final month and shocked them within the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. Japan and Spain full the pool.
Canada, runners-up in 2014, will face Scotland, Wales and Fiji, whereas France, who’ve completed third seven occasions however by no means made a remaining, tackle Italy, South Africa and match debutants Brazil.
New Zealand have been the dominant power for the reason that first match in 1991, with England (twice) and the US the one different nations to triumph.
New Zealand have gained the final two finals in opposition to England, who’ve been runners-up six occasions however beat New Zealand twice not too long ago.
The match can be held throughout eight venues from Aug. 22-Sept. 27
The opening sport can be at Sunderland’s Stadium of Gentle.
Six areas will maintain pool matches, together with Brighton and Hove, Exeter, Salford, Northampton and York. Exeter and Bristol will stage the quarterfinals with the latter additionally internet hosting each semis.
The ultimate at Twickenham, London on Sept. 27 is predicted to be an 82,000 sellout, which might be the most important crowd ever to observe a ladies’s worldwide.