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Red Roses Lift the Rugby World Cup After 11 Years
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals delivered rugby in its purest form: brutal, fast, unrelenting, skilful, and utterly compelling.

Sera Naiqama
Oct 14 min read


Take your Back Row Seats for the Rugby World Cup Final
And then there were two. World Number One England and World Number Two Canada will meet in the World Cup final after commanding semi-final wins.
England 35 defeated France 17. The Red Roses recorded their 32nd victory in a row, but were made to work for it against a French side who fell agonisingly short of their first World Cup final.
Meanwhile, Canada 34 defeated New Zealand 19. The Canadians managed to put an end to the Black Ferns' dominance.

Sophie Norris
Sep 244 min read


Down to Two
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals delivered rugby in its purest form: brutal, fast, unrelenting, skilful, and utterly compelling.

Sera Naiqama
Sep 234 min read


Take your Back Row Seats for the Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals
Just four teams remain at the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
And each of those four teams is so far undefeated - with Canada, New Zealand, England and France each making their way through the pool stage and quarters unscathed.

Sophie Norris
Sep 175 min read


Take your Back Row Seats for the Quarter Finals
Eight teams are through to the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals.
Seven of those teams are ranked within World Rugby's Top Seven, while 10th-ranked South Africa has proven to be playing well above their rank.

Sophie Norris
Sep 105 min read


Still In the Fight
The final eight teams of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup are locked in, with Australia claiming the last spot.
With the pool stages behind us, the tournament now enters its most unforgiving stretch: win and you move on, lose and you’re out.

Sera Naiqama
Sep 94 min read


Take your Back Row Seats for the final pool games of the Women's Rugby World Cup
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) is officially underway in England, and fans are breaking attendance records off the field, while players are smashing records on the pitch.
8500 fans packed out York's Community Stadium to watch the Wallaroos draw 31-31 with the USA, in what was the fourth sellout of the day on Saturday.

Sophie Norris
Sep 35 min read


Road to Women’s Rugby World Cup Quarter-Finals
Round 2 was defining for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
It should have locked in the final eight, but a dramatic draw in Pool A means the last quarter-final spot still hangs between the USA and Australia. At the same time, the picture is clearer for those whose campaigns will end this weekend.
With only the top two sides from each pool progressing to the knockout stages, The Female Athlete Project breaks down the ins and farewells the outs.

Sera Naiqama
Sep 14 min read


Take your Back Row Seats for Week Two
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) is officially underway in England, and fans are breaking attendance records off the field, while players are smashing records on the pitch.
There were 10,054 proud fans at Salford Community Stadium wearing jerseys from numerous nations to watch the Wallaroos beat Samoa 73-0.

Sophie Norris
Aug 274 min read


First Impressions Matter
Under the grey skies of Sunderland, a record-breaking 42,723 fans packed the Stadium of Light to witness hosts, England face the United States in the tournament’s opener. As the weekend unfolded, all 16 teams entered the arena to stake their claim on the World Cup.
First impressions matter, and round 1 came out swinging. TFAP dives into the opening weekend to spotlight the moments that’ll shape five-week ride ahead.

Sera Naiqama
Aug 263 min read


RWC 2025: We Aren’t The Moment; We Are The Movement
Three days out from the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, anticipation has never been higher. Since 2022 the game has exploded: more professional contracts, regular test rugby, new stars emerging and the world coming to know Illona Maher.

Sera Naiqama
Aug 215 min read


Welcome to the Back Row Seats
Two Wallaroos legends will give you Back Row seats to all the Women's Rugby World Cup action and any news coming out of the Wallaroos camp while they're travelling England.

Sophie Norris
Aug 204 min read
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