2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool B
Pool B of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup began in August 2025. The pool includes Canada, Fiji, Scotland and Wales.[1]
Teams
The draw for the pool stage took place on 17 October 2024 in London.[2] 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.[2]
| Pos. | Team | Band | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Apps. | Last | Previous best performance |
World Rugby Rankings[3] | |
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| 14 October 2024[N 1] | 18 August 2025[N 2] | |||||||||
| B1 | Canada | 1 | North America | Top 4 at 2021 RWC | 30 October 2022 | 10th | 2021 | Runners-up (2014)[4][5] | 2 | 2 |
| B2 | Scotland | 2 | Europe | 2024 WXV 2 | 30 October 2024 | 7th | 2021 | 5th (1994)[4][6] | 7 | 8 |
| B3 | Wales | 3 | Europe | 2024 WXV 2 | 11 October 2024 | 9th | 2021 | Fourth place (1994)[4][7] | 10 | 9 |
| B4 | Fiji | 4 | Oceania | Oceania 1 | 2 June 2024 | 2nd | 2021 | Pool stage (2021)[4][8] | 17 | 14 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 26 | +121 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 63 | +23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 119 | −69 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 108 | −75 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matches
The match schedule was confirmed by World Rugby on 22 October 2024. The first match of pool B is Scotland vs Wales.[10][11]
Scotland vs Wales
| 23 August 2025 14:45 BST (UTC+1) |
| (1 BP) Scotland | 38–8 | Wales |
| Try: McGhie (3) 1' m, 18' m, 43' c Brebner-Holden 31' c Gallagher 63' c Orr 78' c Con: Nelson (4/6) 32', 44', 64', 79' | Report[12] | Try: Callender 13' m Pen: Bevan (1/1) 22' |
| Salford Community Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 10,054[N 3] Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)[15] |
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Notes:
- This was Scotland's largest ever win over Wales, and their largest margin of victory in a World Cup match since beating Russia by 66–0 in 1994.[14]
- Lisa Neumann (Wales) earned her 50th test cap.[17]
Canada vs Fiji
| 23 August 2025 17:30 BST (UTC+1) |
| (1 BP) Canada | 65–7 | Fiji |
| Try: De Goede 6' c Boag 14' m Crossley 22' c Corrigan 29' m Schell (6) 50' c, 52' m, 54' c, 61' m, 69' m, 72' m Paquin 77' c Con: De Goede (4/8) 7', 23', 51', 55' Tessier (1/1) 78' | Report[18] | Try: Lomani 43' c Con: Vueti (1/1) 44' |
| York Community Stadium, York Attendance: 4,810[19] Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)[15] |
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Notes:
- Olivia DeMerchant was originally named to start for Canada but withdrew through injury; DaLeaka Menin came into the XV, with Maya Montiel added to the bench.[21]
Canada vs Wales
| 30 August 2025 12:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| (1 BP) Canada | 42–0 | Wales |
| Try: Hunt (2) 16' c, 29' c Corrigan 26' c Hogan-Rochester 31' c Perry 50' c Kassil 55' c Con: De Goede (6/6) 17', 27', 30', 32', 51', 56' | Report[22] |
| Salford Community Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 9,803[N 4] Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)[15] |
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Notes:
- Sophie de Goede became Canada's all-time top test points scorer (262), surpassing the previous record held by Magali Harvey.[25]
- Gwenllian Pyrs (Wales) earned her 50th test cap.[26]
- Branwen Metcalfe (Wales) made her international debut.[26]
Scotland vs Fiji
| 30 August 2025 14:45 BST (UTC+1) |
| (1 BP) Scotland | 29–15 | Fiji |
| Try: McGhie (2) 2' m, 56' m Lloyd (2) 10' m, 34' c Orr 60' c Con: Nelson (2/5) 34', 61' | Report[27] | Try: Senivutu 25' m Komaitai 51' m Naisewa 75' m |
| Salford Community Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 9,803[N 5] Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy)[15] |
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Canada vs Scotland
| 6 September 2025 12:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| (1 BP) Canada | 40–19 | Scotland |
| Try: Hunt 11' c Penalty try 32' Tuttosi (2) 34' m, 57' c Kassil 64' c DeMerchant 78' c Con: De Goede (3/4) 12', 58', 65' Tessier (1/1) 79' | Report[29] | Try: Lloyd 22' m Gallagher 51' c McGhie 75' c Con: Nelson (2/3) 52', 76' |
| Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 14,003[N 6] Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)[15] |
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Notes:
- Tyson Beukeboom earned her 81st cap to became Canada's most capped player – male or female – in test history, surpassing the previous record of 80 held by Aaron Carpenter.[32]
- Brittany Kassil, Courtney O'Donnell (both Canada) and Sarah Bonar (Scotland) earned their 50th test caps.[32][33]
Wales vs Fiji
| 6 September 2025 14:45 BST (UTC+1) |
| (2 BP) Wales | 25–28 | Fiji (1 BP) |
| Try: Cox 2' m Callender 12' m Tuipulotu 40+1' m Powell 45' m Neumann 72' m | Report[34] | Try: Neihamu (2) 8' c, 19' c Railumu 28' c Tove 37' c Con: Vueti (4/4) 9', 20', 29', 38' |
| Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 14,003[N 7] Referee: Kat Roche (United States)[15] |
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Notes:
- With this defeat, Wales dropped to 12th place in the World Rugby Rankings – their lowest position since the rankings were established in 2003.[36]
Notes
- ^ The rankings of 14 October 2024 were used for seeding for the draw.
- ^ The final rankings before the tournament started
- ^ This fixture was sold under a single ticket with the Australia vs Samoa Pool A match. The recorded attendance corresponds to the Scotland vs Wales game.[13][14]
- ^ This fixture was sold under a single ticket with the Scotland vs Fiji match in the same pool. The recorded attendance corresponds to the Scotland vs Fiji game.[23]
- ^ This fixture was sold under a single ticket with the Canada vs Wales match in the same pool. The recorded attendance corresponds to the Scotland vs Fiji game.[23]
- ^ This fixture was sold under a single ticket with the Wales vs Fiji Pool B match. The recorded attendance corresponds to the Wales vs Fiji game.[30]
- ^ This fixture was sold under a single ticket with the Canada vs Scotland Pool B match. The recorded attendance corresponds to the Wales vs Fiji game.[30]
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