2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool A

Pool A of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup began 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.

Teams

The draw for the pool stage took place on 17 October 2024 in London. 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.

Standings

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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.

England vs United States

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Notes:

• The attendance of 42,723 was the highest in Women's Rugby World Cup history, passing the previous record of 42,579 set at the 2021 Rugby World Cup final.

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Australia vs Samoa

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Notes:

• This was Australia's largest ever victory at a World Cup, surpassing their previous record win of 62–0 against South Africa in 2010.

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England vs Samoa

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Notes:

• This was England's biggest ever win at a World Cup, for both total points scored (surpassing the 84–19 victory against Fiji in 2021) and overall winning margin (surpassing the 82–0 victory against Kazakhstan in 2010).
• Helena Rowland set a new record for most points scored in a World Cup match by an England player (27), surpassing the previous record of 25 scored by Nicky Crawford against Sweden in 1998, and Sue Day against Italy in 2002.

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United States vs Australia

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Notes:

• This was the first drawn result in a World Cup match since 2014, when England and Canada drew 13–13.

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United States vs Samoa

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England vs Australia

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Notes:

• Jess Breach (England) earned her 50th test cap.
• England won their 30th consecutive test match, matching their own world record set between 2019 and 2022.

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Notes

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