From 23 August to 7 September, York residents and visitors are cordially invited to ‘scrum down’ to the LNER Community Stadium, where the cream of the crop of women’s rugby union teams will battle it out for world supremacy! Following a rapturous response in 2021, the Women’s Rugby World Cup will be returning to our city this year, for what’s sure to be an electrifying set of matches…
Watch world-beating women’s teams front up, subdue and penetrate, and compete for the ultimate prize! York fixtures are as follows:
LNER Community Stadium Fixtures:
Saturday 23 August 2025, 5.30pm.
Canada vs. Fiji
Sunday 24 August 2025, 5.30pm.
New Zealand vs. Spain
Saturday 30 August 2025, 7.30pm.
USA vs. Australia
Sunday 31 August 2025, 3.30pm.
Italy vs. South Africa
Saturday 6 September 2025, 1.30pm.
USA vs. Samoa
Sunday 7 September 2025, 12.00pm.
Japan vs. Spain
Women’s sport has never been in a better place, as typified by the Lionesses’ barnstorming victory at the Euros this year; this served as just one indicator of the rapid gains made in terms of the credibility and perceived quality of women’s sports – but is the female of the species really more deadly than the male? Head on down to the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, and see for yourself!
Select Women’s Rugby World Cup matches will be played at LNER Community Stadium, York, YO32 9AF. Head over to www.rugbyworldcup.com/2025/en to find further details and to book your tickets today.
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