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2029 Women's Rugby World Cup

The Women's Rugby World Cup. England won it in 1994, 2014 and on home soil in 2025.

Hosts
Australia
Dates
To be confirmed
England's best
Winners (1994, 2014, 2025)

The road ahead

England Women's Rugby World Cup matches

All England fixtures

No Women's Rugby World Cup fixtures are confirmed yet, so these are England's next matches.

Sat 10 Apr 2027 Women's · Rugby Union

Wales England

14:45 UK · Women's Six Nations · Talbot Athletic Ground

Sat 17 Apr 2027 Women's · Rugby Union

England Scotland

16:45 UK · Women's Six Nations · Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Sat 24 Apr 2027 Women's · Rugby Union

England Italy

17:00 UK · Women's Six Nations · Franklin's Gardens, Northampton

Most recent

England Women's Rugby World Cup results

01 27 Sep 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup Twickenham Stadium, London

England 33–13 Canada England won

England tries: Ellie Kildunne 7', Amy Cokayne 18', Alex Matthews 25', Abbie Ward 49', Alex Matthews 68'

Canada tries: Asia Hogan-Rochester 4', Asia Hogan-Rochester 52'

Match page: England v Canada, 27 September 2025

02 20 Sep 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup Ashton Gate, Bristol

England 35–17 France England won

England tries: Ellie Kildunne 4', Amy Cokayne 45', Abbie Ward 58', Ellie Kildunne 68', Megan Jones 78'

France tries: Nassira Konde 23', Kelly Arbey 51', Nassira Konde 72'

Match page: England v France, 20 September 2025

03 14 Sep 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup Ashton Gate, Bristol

England 40–8 Scotland England won

England tries: Kelsey Clifford 23', Morwenna Talling 26', Abby Dow 42', Amy Cokayne 45', Kelsey Clifford 51', Holly Aitchison 63'

Scotland tries: Rhona Lloyd 81'

Match page: England v Scotland, 14 September 2025

04 6 Sep 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton

England 47–7 Australia England won

England tries: Jess Breach 7', Abbie Ward 31', Sadia Kabeya 37', Sadia Kabeya 43', Kelsey Clifford 52', Kelsey Clifford 57', Sarah Bern 64'

Australia tries: Adiana Talakai 5'

Match page: England v Australia, 6 September 2025

05 30 Aug 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup Franklin's Gardens, Northampton

England 92–3 Samoa England won

England tries: Megan Jones 2', Jess Breach 7', Sarah Bern 13', Megan Jones 15', Maddie Feaunati 23', Lark Atkin-Davies 28', Lucy Packer 32', Kelsey Clifford 49', Jess Breach 52', Mackenzie Carson 59', Helena Rowland 63', Marlie Packer 69', Jess Breach 73', Claudia Moloney Macdonald 79'

Samoa tries: None

Match page: England v Samoa, 30 August 2025

The story so far

England and the Women's Rugby World Cup

The Red Roses are world champions, having won the Women's Rugby World Cup on home soil in 2025 under John Mitchell, and their record across the ten tournaments on our records is one of constant contention. They have three titles, in Scotland in 1994 under S. Dowling, in France in 2014 under Gary Street and in England in 2025, along with six runners-up finishes. Third place in 1998 under E. Field is the only edition on our records in which England did not reach the final.

The frustration has come in finals rather than early exits. After finishing runners-up in 1991 and winning in 1994, England finished second at three successive tournaments: in Spain in 2002 and Canada in 2006 under Geoff Richards, and at home in 2010 under Street. Street's side broke that sequence by winning in France in 2014, unbeaten with four wins and a draw. Two more runners-up finishes followed under Simon Middleton, in Ireland in 2017 and in the New Zealand tournament played in 2022, before the long-awaited return to the top in 2025.

The 2025 campaign was flawless, with six wins from six matches, making it only the second tournament on our records, after 1994, in which England won every game. The next Women's Rugby World Cup is in Australia in 2029, where the Red Roses will go in as defending champions.

England's past performance

Timeline

10 tournaments

  1. 2025 · England

    Winners

    Head coach: John Mitchell · Captain: Zoe Aldcroft · P6 W6 D0 L0

  2. 2021 · New Zealand (played 2022)

    Runners-up

    Head coach: Simon Middleton · Captain: Sarah Hunter · P6 W5 D0 L1

  3. 2017 · Ireland

    Runners-up

    Head coach: Simon Middleton · Captain: Sarah Hunter · P5 W4 D0 L1

  4. 2014 · France

    Winners

    Head coach: Gary Street · P5 W4 D1 L0

  5. 2010 · England

    Runners-up

    Head coach: Gary Street · Captain: Catherine Spencer · P5 W4 D0 L1

  6. 2006 · Canada

    Runners-up

    Head coach: Geoff Richards · Captain: Joanne Yapp · P5 W4 D0 L1

  7. 2002 · Spain

    Runners-up

    Head coach: Geoff Richards · P4 W3 D0 L1

  8. 1998

    Third place

    Head coach: E. Field · Captain: Paula George · P5 W4 D0 L1

  9. 1994 · Scotland

    Winners

    Head coach: S. Dowling · Captain: Karen Almond · P5 W5 D0 L0

  10. 1991

    Runners-up

    Head coach: S. Dowling · Captain: Karen Almond · P4 W3 D0 L1

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