Hosts England to face USA in World Cup opener

England volition play the USA successful the opening lucifer of adjacent year's Women's Rugby World Cup.

The Red Roses volition get the tourney nether mode astatine Sunderland's Stadium of Light connected 22 August.

The fixture database besides sees Scotland and Wales look each different successful their Pool B opener astatine the Salford Community Stadium successful a double-header with Australia and Samoa.

Ireland, meanwhile, play satellite champions New Zealand successful their last Pool C fixture connected 7 September successful Brighton.

Organisers are hoping the tourney volition person the aforesaid interaction connected women's rugby successful England arsenic the Lionesses did connected women's shot erstwhile they won their location European Championships successful 2022.

RWC2025 main enforcement Sarah Massey-Taylor has described the tourney arsenic a "showcase" of "the precise champion of women's rugby".

The 10th variation of the Women’s Rugby World Cup volition spot a instrumentality to 16 teams for the archetypal clip since 2002, with Brazil becoming the archetypal ever South American broadside to suffice for the tournament.

The Red Roses are drawn successful Pool A and aft their opening lucifer successful Sunderland volition determination to Northampton to look Samoa successful their 2nd lucifer connected 30 August, earlier taking connected Australia successful Brighton successful their radical finale connected 6 September.

In total, determination volition beryllium 24 excavation fixtures, dispersed crossed six venues, including six double-headers astatine Northampton, Salford and Exeter.

The quarter-finals volition beryllium hosted successful Exeter and Bristol, with the second besides the location for some semi-finals.

The last and bronze-medal lucifer volition beryllium the seventh double-header of the tourney and held astatine Twickenham, with organisers incapable to usage its caller "Allianz Stadium" sanction for contractual reasons during the World Cup.

BBC Sport has secured exclusive rights to broadcast each crippled of the tournament.

New Zealand hosted the past World Cup successful 2022, defeating England successful a melodramatic final successful beforehand of a past record-breaking assemblage for a women's fixture of 42,579 astatine Eden Park.

Select matches astatine adjacent year's tourney volition beryllium shown connected the BBC's linear channels, portion each crippled volition beryllium disposable to ticker unrecorded connected BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra volition besides broadcast commentary connected the tournament.

England - Pool A

Scotland - Pool B

Wales - Pool B

Ireland - Pool C