Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 draw: champions New Zealand to face Ireland

10/17/2024 02:21 PM

• Hosts England to take on Australia in pool stage
• Scotland and Wales drawn together

Defending Women's Rugby World Cup champions, New Zealand, will go up against Ireland in next year's tournament, which is being held in England, after being drawn in the same pool.

England's pool opponents include Australia, while Wales and Scotland have been drawn together.

Ireland, who did not qualify for the last World Cup, have the best win ratio of any team in the world against New Zealand. The two teams have only played each other three times but Ireland have come out on top twice, most recently in last month's WXV 1 match. Ireland also beat New Zealand in the 2014 World Cup pool stage.