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2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C

Pool C of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup began in August 2025. The pool includes Ireland, Japan, Spain, and defending champions New Zealand.

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. Ireland vs Japan will be the first game of pool C.

Ireland vs Japan

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New Zealand vs Spain

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Notes:

  • Maia Joseph was originally named to start for New Zealand but she was withdrawn due to an injury; she was replaced in the starting line-up by Iritana Hohaia.
  • No replacements were made for Ayesha Leti-I'iga or Kaipo Olsen-Baker; as a consequence, New Zealand finished the match with 13 players.

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Ireland vs Spain

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Notes:

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New Zealand vs Japan

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Notes:

  • With her 50th international try, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe became New Zealand's top try scorer – male or female – in test history, surpassing the previous record of 49 set by Doug Howlett.

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Japan vs Spain

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Notes:

  • Sara Cox became the first female official to referee 50 test matches.

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New Zealand vs Ireland

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Notes

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