Skip to main content
01 May 2025
Ashton gate, in Bristol, confirmed as a host venue for Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
Kicking off on 22 August 2025 and concluding with the final on 27 September 2025, the showcase event will be the most accessible ever. The countrywide format means an unparalleled opportunity to see, engage with and support the stars of the women’s game.
Following a competitive selection process, the final roster of host cities and venues reflects the tournament’s core mission of growing the sport, taking rugby across the country and engaging with diverse communities. All will provide a family-focused festival of rugby.
For the first time ever, the elite women’s rugby tournament will be hosted across eight venues and cities in England with 16 teams competing to be crowned world champions.
Jenny Hutchinson, Venue Director at Ashton Gate Stadium, said: “We are incredibly proud to be selected as one of the host venues for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. There’s been a lot of work and collaboration behind the scenes to make this a reality, not least working with our home football and rugby teams to make the schedules work, and we’re all hugely excited to be able to host some of these games at Ashton Gate. We’ve hosted a number of international games here, in both football and rugby – each time setting and breaking new records for attendances, so it was a no-brainer for us to bring key stakeholders in the city together to put a compelling bid to be one of the host venues.”
Kathryn Davis, Managing Director of Visit West said: “We are really thrilled about the announcement of Bristol being one of the host cities for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025. It has been a huge amount of work from teams across the city to get to this point, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to raise the profile of the city in a major sporting tournament, bringing a huge boost to our visitor economy.”
Lark Atkin-Davies, Red Roses and Bristol Bears Women player, said: “Women’s sport in the general is on the up, our fanbase has been building massively and you saw it when England played at Twickenham in the Women’s Six Nations. We’ll fill Ashton Gate with fans that will make loads of noise as when we last played here it was an incredible atmosphere and I’m excited for more of that for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.”
The Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 smashed records across the board with more than 150,000 fans attending across the tournament, 1.8 million viewers on average in England and New Zealand tuned into the final with more than 156 million video views on social media. Powerful personalities were born, and a new generation of accessible and relatable role models championed change.
RWC 2025 aims to continue to raise the bar for women in rugby, inspiring the next generation of young players and supercharging the growth of women’s sport in England and across the globe. The Rugby World Cup Impact Programme, delivered by the RFU in partnership with the UK Government and Sport England, will also create more opportunities for females than ever before across all levels of the game through its volunteer, coaching and internship programmes.
Find out more about tickets here: Hottest tickets back on sale in May for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
Following a competitive selection process, the final roster of host cities and venues reflects the tournament’s core mission of growing the sport, taking rugby across the country and engaging with diverse communities. All will provide a family-focused festival of rugby.
For the first time ever, the elite women’s rugby tournament will be hosted across eight venues and cities in England with 16 teams competing to be crowned world champions.
Jenny Hutchinson, Venue Director at Ashton Gate Stadium, said: “We are incredibly proud to be selected as one of the host venues for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. There’s been a lot of work and collaboration behind the scenes to make this a reality, not least working with our home football and rugby teams to make the schedules work, and we’re all hugely excited to be able to host some of these games at Ashton Gate. We’ve hosted a number of international games here, in both football and rugby – each time setting and breaking new records for attendances, so it was a no-brainer for us to bring key stakeholders in the city together to put a compelling bid to be one of the host venues.”
Kathryn Davis, Managing Director of Visit West said: “We are really thrilled about the announcement of Bristol being one of the host cities for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025. It has been a huge amount of work from teams across the city to get to this point, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to raise the profile of the city in a major sporting tournament, bringing a huge boost to our visitor economy.”
Lark Atkin-Davies, Red Roses and Bristol Bears Women player, said: “Women’s sport in the general is on the up, our fanbase has been building massively and you saw it when England played at Twickenham in the Women’s Six Nations. We’ll fill Ashton Gate with fans that will make loads of noise as when we last played here it was an incredible atmosphere and I’m excited for more of that for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.”
The Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 smashed records across the board with more than 150,000 fans attending across the tournament, 1.8 million viewers on average in England and New Zealand tuned into the final with more than 156 million video views on social media. Powerful personalities were born, and a new generation of accessible and relatable role models championed change.
RWC 2025 aims to continue to raise the bar for women in rugby, inspiring the next generation of young players and supercharging the growth of women’s sport in England and across the globe. The Rugby World Cup Impact Programme, delivered by the RFU in partnership with the UK Government and Sport England, will also create more opportunities for females than ever before across all levels of the game through its volunteer, coaching and internship programmes.
Find out more about tickets here: Hottest tickets back on sale in May for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
