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‘This Energy Never Stops’ – One year to go until the biggest ever Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in England

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With exactly one year to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 kicks off in Sunderland, excitement is sweeping across the host nation in anticipation of what will be the biggest and most accessible celebration of women’s rugby ever.

‘This Energy Never Stops’ features the global stars who are set to shine brightly at England 2025, including England fullback and Team GB 7s player Ellie Kildunne, France captain Manaé Feleu, South Africa captain Babalwa Latsha and Black Ferns fullback Renee Holmes. With exactly one year to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 kicks off in Sunderland, excitement is sweeping across the host nation in anticipation of what will be the biggest and most accessible celebration of women’s rugby ever.

As celebrations take place across the host cities, an inspirational promotional film, ‘This Energy Never Stops’ has been released as rugby stars urge the fans to bring their unstoppable energy to the sporting event of the year.

Continuing the unstoppable energy behind women’s sport and specifically women’s rugby in the UK, England 2025 has confirmed the ticket prices for all matches and kick-off times for England’s opening match at the Stadium of Light on 22 August and the bronze final and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 final at Twickenham Stadium on 27 September, where a new attendance record for women’s rugby is anticipated.

With venues spanning the length and breadth of the country, England 2025 will be the biggest and most accessible celebration of women’s rugby ever. And with demand for tickets set to be high, fans are encouraged to register now via the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 website to enter the presale, which take place from 24 September until 8 October, 2024.

The 10th edition of the pinnacle tournament will host the world's best 16 teams, with 10 teams having already secured qualification. With six places remaining, it will be all to play for in WXV 2024 in September with the top six ranked non-qualified teams at the end of the tournament heading to Women’s RWC 2025.

Host cities are also joining in the celebrations across the country and to showcase the tournament kicking off in the North East of England, the Stadium of Light is hosting a special episode of RugbyPass podcast, Stronger Than You Think. South Shields native and previous Women’s Rugby World Cup winner Katy Daley-Mclean and former Lioness and broadcaster Karen Carney join host Claire Thomas to discuss their personal sporting journeys while reflecting on some of the biggest women’s sporting moments of the past decade.

Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Managing Director, Sarah Massey, said: “The 12-month countdown to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 has officially begun and we are thrilled to launch ‘This Energy Never Stops’ which is an invitation to rugby fans old and new to experience unique energy of women’s rugby on the sport’s biggest stage. The film released today not only celebrates the incredible talent and determination of these elite athletes, but also recognises the unstoppable rise of women’s sport globally.

“England 2025 will be a spectacular moment for rugby, with powerful personalities, unstoppable athletes and compelling competition and with women’s sport continuing to break new records, there is no better time to join the celebrations.”

Speaking on today’s milestone, Kildunne said: “I'm buzzing to have a home Women's Rugby World Cup here in England next year. Each game that we play, more and more fans are coming out to watch us, so its hugely exciting that they will get to see the world's best teams competing here on home soil.

“If you want to be inspired not just by women but by powerful sportspeople, both on and off the field, then come to a game. It's going to be the place to be and if you miss the chance now, you're going to be playing catch up after when the world starts talking about it.”

BBC Sport will broadcast live coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the Sport website and app, delivering unparalleled coverage of the eight-city, nationwide celebration of women’s rugby, projecting rugby’s biggest stars to more people in the UK than ever before.

Live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra. Fans will be able to listen to 5 Live coverage on BBC Sounds, DAB radio and the BBC Sport website. The exclusive coverage deal means there will also be content across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.

Hosts England are currently the No 1 ranked team in the world and have already qualified with ‘Red Roses fever’ set to sweep the host nation.

Nine other teams have also already qualified with the remaining six spots set to secure their ticket to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 at WXV later this year.

As part of a transformative deal for women’s rugby, the BBC and World Rugby can also confirm that WXV will also be available on BBC iPlayer, the Sport website and app in the UK, creating a runway of content through to next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “We are delighted to be partnering with BBC Sport for Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 and WXV. The BBC is a massive champion of women’s rugby and women’s sport more broadly and with their multi-platform, diverse programming approach and regional reach, we look forward to making history together – the biggest, most accessible and record-breaking celebration of women’s rugby ever.”

 Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, added: “Next summer is set to be a huge moment for women’s sport and following coverage of WXV and the Women’s 6 Nations Championship on the BBC we’re proud to bring audiences exclusive coverage of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 hosted in England. Big sporting moments have a unique ability to unify bringing people together and never more so when international competitions play out on home soil. And we cannot wait.”

Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 will start on 22 August with hosts England kicking off the competition at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light. The tournament’s 10th edition will be hosted across eight nationwide locations with the final at the iconic Twickenham Stadium in London on 27 September.

BBC Sport’s rights portfolio also includes Uefa Women’s Euro 2025, Women’s Super League, the Olympic Games, The FA Cup, Wimbledon Championships, the Six Nations, the Premier League and the Uefa Champions League. The BBC is a long-standing audio partner of the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups.



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