England’s girls will start their residence World Cup in 2025 at Sunderland’s Stadium of Mild Stadium, taking rugby to the North East for the opening fixture of the event.
The Crimson Roses had been heavy favourites to win the final event in New Zealand however agonisingly misplaced to the hosts within the remaining in 2022. They’ll start their long-stated purpose of successful the World Cup on residence soil on the Stadium of Mild, a 48,700-seater venue, on Friday 22 August 2025 with their opponent but to be decided.
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England assistant coach and legendary former captain and file 141-cap worldwide Sarah Hunter is from the North East and was born in North Shields, just below 12 miles from the Stadium of Mild – the place soccer facet Sunderland at the moment play within the Championship. Hunter took half in a girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 promotional occasion to announce the information.
Sarah Hunter response to Stadium of Mild opener
She stated: “Once I knew the North East was getting a sport, I used to be so excited and after I heard it was the opening sport with the Crimson Roses, actually it makes the hairs on the again of my neck rise up.
“I’m so proud to be from the North East and I understand how a lot sport means to individuals right here.
“The sport is huge right here and I feel as a result of we’re so distant, we typically get forgotten about, however to rubber-stamp it by internet hosting that first sport right here, we are able to present everybody how nice the individuals are and what an awesome host metropolis it may be.
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“To understand it may spark somebody to both begin rugby or wish to proceed it and hopefully in three or 4 World Cups’ time there will be gamers within the Crimson Roses staff who had been right here as a result of that’s what they wanted to generate that pleasure and inspiration to wish to play rugby.
“I’ve been a few occasions to the Stadium of Mild however I’m not going to lie, I’ve been to (Newcastle’s) St James’ Park just a few extra occasions! Nevertheless it’s an unimaginable stadium.
“My first (Take a look at) cap at Previous Albanian Rugby Membership was in entrance of 200 individuals, the primary World Cup I performed was a house World Cup (in 2010) and we performed our Pool video games at Surrey Sports activities Park, which on the time was the suitable venue.
“So, to return to the Stadium of Mild for the opening sport and to have the environment that might be generated, to be taking part in in stadiums of this calibre has been the dream. I’m so excited and in some respects, I want I used to be slightly bit youthful so I may have one other crack at a house World Cup!”
New Zealander John Mitchell is the brand new Crimson Roses head coach after taking on from Simon Middleton following his stint with Japan on the current males’s Rugby World Cup in France. If England make all of it the way in which to the ultimate, they may run out at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 27 September 2025.
Runners-up England and reigning champions New Zealand are joined by delayed RWC2021 semi-finalists Canada and France in being the primary 4 groups to have routinely certified for the 2025 event.
The remaining sides might be decided by WXV and regional competitions happening in 2024.
Which stadiums are getting used for the 2025 girls’s Rugby World Cup?
Listed here are a full listing of the venues getting used for the ladies’s Rugby World Cup in 2025:
- Sunderland – Stadium of Mild
- Brighton and Hove – Brighton and Hove Albion Stadium
- Bristol – Ashton Gate
- Exeter – Sandy Park
- London – Twickenham Stadium
- Manchester – Salford Neighborhood Stadium
- Northampton – Franklin’s Gardens
- York – York Neighborhood Stadium
The event will characteristic 16 groups in whole with 32 matches throughout the eight venues outlined above. It’s the tenth version of the ladies’s World Cup. New Zealand have received the competitors six occasions, England twice (2014 and 1994) and the one different facet to have lifted the trophy are the USA (1991).
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