2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool A
Pool A of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup will begin on 22 August 2025. The pool includes hosts and two-time winners England, and previous champions United States. They are joined by Australia and Samoa.[1]
Teams
The draw for the pool stage took place on 17 October 2024 in London.[2] A seeding system was used for the draw, with teams allocated a seed based on their World Rugby Women's World Rankings as of 14 October 2024. The top four teams in the rankings were placed into band 1 and prepopulated into the first position in each pool. The remaining 12 teams were drawn into bands 2, 3, and 4 based on their rankings and drawn one by one.[2]
| Pos. | Team | Band | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Apps. | Last | Previous best performance |
World Rugby Rankings[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 2024[N 1] | 18 August 2025[N 2] | |||||||||
| A1 |  England
|
1 | Europe | Hosts + Top 4 at 2021 RWC | 30 October 2022 | 10th | 2021 | Winners (1994, 2014)[4][5] | 1 | 1 |
| A2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia
|
2 | Oceania | 2024 WXV 2 | 12 October 2024 | 8th | 2021 | 3rd (2010)[4][6] | 5 | 6 |
| A3 |  United States
|
3 | North America | Pacific Four | 25 May 2024 | 10th | 2021 | Winners (1991)[4][7] | 9 | 10 |
| A4 |  Samoa
|
4 | Oceania | 2024 WXV 3 | 11 October 2024 | 4th | 2014 | 9th (2002)[4][8] | 15 | 15 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England (H)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | United States
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Samoa
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Matches
The match schedule was confirmed by World Rugby on 22 October 2024. Pool A will host the opening match of the tournament between England and the United States.[10]
England vs United States
| 22 August 2025 19:30 BST (UTC+1) |
| England | v | United States |
| Stadium of Light, Sunderland Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)[11] |
Australia vs Samoa
| 23 August 2025 12:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| Australia | v | Samoa |
| Salford Community Stadium, Manchester Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy)[11] |
England vs Samoa
| 30 August 2025 17:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| England | v | Samoa |
| Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)[11] |
United States vs Australia
| 30 August 2025 19:30 BST (UTC+1) |
| United States | v | Australia |
| York Community Stadium, York Referee: Sara Cox (England)[11] |
United States vs Samoa
| 6 September 2025 13:30 BST (UTC+1) |
| United States | v | Samoa |
| York Community Stadium, York Referee: Natarsha Ganley (New Zealand)[11] |
England vs Australia
| 6 September 2025 17:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| England | v | Australia |
| Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)[11] |
Notes
References
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2025 draw: England in pool with Australia, USA and Samoa". BBC Sport. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b "World Rugby confirms draw and match schedule release dates for Women's Rugby World Cup England 2025". Rugby World Cup. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's and Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d @rugbyworldcup; (3 August 2025). "From champions to newcomers". Retrieved 3 August 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ "England team overview". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Australia team overview". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "USA team overview". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Samoa team overview". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Pools | Women's Rugby World Cup 2025". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ Orchard, Sara (22 October 2024). "Hosts England to face USA in World Cup opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Match Officials Appointments | Women's Rugby World Cup 2025". World Rugby. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.