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]
Pos.	Team	Band	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Apps.	Last	Previous best performance	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	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	147	26	+121	23	4	3	0	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	86	63	+23	14	10	2	0	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Fiji	3	1	2	50	119	−69	8	21	1	0	5
4	Wales	3	0	3	33	108	−75	6	16	1	1	2

Source: World Rugby^[9]

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]




FB	15	Chloe Rollie
RW	14	Rhona Lloyd
OC	13	Emma Orr
IC	12	Lisa Thomson	63'
LW	11	Francesca McGhie
FH	10	Helen Nelson
SH	9	Leia Brebner-Holden	53'
N8	8	Evie Gallagher
OF	7	Rachel McLachlan	60'
BF	6	Rachel Malcolm (c)
RL	5	Sarah Bonar	60'
LL	4	Emma Wassell	70'
TP	3	Elliann Clarke	38'	41'	71'
HK	2	Lana Skeldon	47'
LP	1	Leah Bartlett	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elis Martin	47'
PR	17	Molly Wright	63'
PR	18	Lisa Cockburn	38'	41'	71'
SR	19	Jade Konkel-Roberts	60'
SR	20	Eva Donaldson	70'
BR	21	Alex Stewart	60'
SH	22	Caity Mattinson	53'
CE	23	Beth Blacklock	63'
Coach:
Bryan Easson


FB	15	Nel Metcalfe
RW	14	Jasmine Joyce-Butchers
OC	13	Hannah Dallavalle				47'
IC	12	Courtney Keight		19'	30'
LW	11	Lisa Neumann
FH	10	Lleucu George		63'
SH	9	Keira Bevan		61'
N8	8	Alex Callender (cc)
OF	7	Bethan Lewis
BF	6	Kate Williams (cc)
RL	5	Gwen Crabb	52'	65'
LL	4	Alaw Pyrs		47'
TP	3	Donna Rose		51'
HK	2	Kelsey Jones		51'
LP	1	Gwenllian Pyrs		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Carys Phillips		51'
PR	17	Maisie Davies		51'
PR	18	Sisilia Tuipulotu		51'
SR	19	Abbie Fleming		47'
BR	20	Georgia Evans		65'
SH	21	Seren Lockwood		61'
FH	22	Kayleigh Powell		63'
CE	23	Carys Cox		19'	30'	47'
Coach:
Sean Lynn

Player of the Match:
Francesca McGhie (Scotland)^[16]

Assistant referees:
Holly Wood (England)
Jess Ling (Australia)
Television match official:
Ian Tempest (England)
Foul play review officer:
Rachel Horton (Australia)

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]




FB	15	Julia Schell
RW	14	Alysha Corrigan
OC	13	Florence Symonds		66'
IC	12	Alex Tessier (c)
LW	11	Fancy Bermudez		45'
FH	10	Taylor Perry	18'
SH	9	Justine Pelletier
N8	8	Gabby Senft		56'
OF	7	Fabiola Forteza
BF	6	Caroline Crossley
RL	5	Courtney O'Donnell		52'
LL	4	Sophie de Goede		62'
TP	3	DaLeaka Menin		60'
HK	2	Gillian Boag		46'
LP	1	Brittany Kassil		46'	70'	80'
Replacements:
HK	16	Emily Tuttosi		46'
PR	17	McKinley Hunt		46'	70'	80'
PR	18	Maya Montiel		60'
SR	19	Tyson Beukeboom		52'
SR	20	Karen Paquin		62'
BR	21	Rachel Smith		56'
SH	22	Olivia Apps		45'
CE	23	Shoshanah Seumanutafa		66'
Coach:
Kévin Rouet


FB	15	Litiana Vueti		56'
RW	14	Ilisapeci Delaiwau		40'
OC	13	Ema Adivitaloga
IC	12	Josifini Neihamu
LW	11	Repeka Adi Tove
FH	10	Salanieta Kinita		73'
SH	9	Setaita Railumu
N8	8	Manuqalo Komaitai		46'
OF	7	Alfreda Fisher Maria (c)
BF	6	Nunia Delaimoala
RL	5	Mereoni Nakesa		52'
LL	4	Jade Coates
TP	3	Tiana Robanakadavu		46'
HK	2	Bitila Tawake		71'
LP	1	Loraini Senivutu		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Selai Naliva		71'
PR	17	Bulou Vasuturaga	68'	51'
PR	18	Vika Matarugu		46'
SR	19	Asinate Serevi		52'
BR	20	Karalaini Naisewa		46'
SH	21	Kolora Lomani		40'
FH	22	Kelerayani Luvu		73'
WG	23	Salote Nailolo		56'
Coach:
Ioan Cunningham

Player of the Match:
Julia Schell (Canada)^[20]

Assistant referees:
Kat Roche (United States)
Amber Stamp-Dunstan (Wales)
Television match official:
Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
Foul play review officer:
Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

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]




FB	15	Julia Schell
RW	14	Alysha Corrigan
OC	13	Florence Symonds		73'
IC	12	Alex Tessier (c)		60'
LW	11	Asia Hogan-Rochester		69'
FH	10	Taylor Perry
SH	9	Justine Pelletier		53'
N8	8	Gabby Senft		48'
OF	7	Karen Paquin
BF	6	Caroline Crossley		68'
RL	5	Tyson Beukeboom
LL	4	Sophie de Goede
TP	3	DaLeaka Menin		57'
HK	2	Emily Tuttosi		60'
LP	1	McKinley Hunt		48'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gillian Boag		60'
PR	17	Brittany Kassil		48'
PR	18	Olivia DeMerchant	60'	57'
SR	19	Courtney O'Donnell		68'
BR	20	Fabiola Forteza		48'
SH	21	Olivia Apps		53'
FH	22	Claire Gallagher		60'
CE	23	Shoshanah Seumanutafa		73'
Coach:
Kévin Rouet


FB	15	Nel Metcalfe
RW	14	Jasmine Joyce-Butchers		53'
OC	13	Carys Cox
IC	12	Courtney Keight		53'
LW	11	Lisa Neumann
FH	10	Lleucu George
SH	9	Keira Bevan		71'
N8	8	Georgia Evans	46'
OF	7	Bethan Lewis (c)
BF	6	Bryonie King
RL	5	Gwen Crabb		58'
LL	4	Abbie Fleming		73'
TP	3	Sisilia Tuipulotu		60'	75'
HK	2	Molly Reardon		48'
LP	1	Maisie Davies		48'
Replacements:
HK	16	Kelsey Jones		48'
PR	17	Gwenllian Pyrs		48'
PR	18	Jenni Scoble		60'	75'
SR	19	Tilly Vucaj		73'
BR	20	Branwen Metcalfe		58'
SH	21	Seren Lockwood		71'
FH	22	Kayleigh Powell		53'
CE	23	Kerin Lake		53'
Coach:
Sean Lynn

Player of the Match:
Sophie de Goede (Canada)^[24]

Assistant referees:
Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
Jess Ling (Australia)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Foul play review officer:
Quinton Immelman (South Africa)

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]




FB	15	Chloe Rollie
RW	14	Rhona Lloyd
OC	13	Emma Orr
IC	12	Lisa Thomson	66'
LW	11	Francesca McGhie
FH	10	Helen Nelson
SH	9	Leia Brebner-Holden	78'
N8	8	Evie Gallagher
OF	7	Rachel McLachlan	52'
BF	6	Rachel Malcolm (c)
RL	5	Sarah Bonar	76'
LL	4	Emma Wassell	67'
TP	3	Elliann Clarke	42'
HK	2	Elis Martin	66'
LP	1	Leah Bartlett	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Molly Wright	66'
PR	17	Anne Young	52'
PR	18	Lisa Cockburn	42'
SR	19	Adelle Ferrie	76'
SR	20	Eva Donaldson	67'
BR	21	Alex Stewart	52'
SH	22	Caity Mattinson	78'
CE	23	Beth Blacklock	66'
Coach:
Bryan Easson


FB	15	Litiana Vueti		36'
RW	14	Alowesi Nakoci
OC	13	Verenaisi Ditavutu
IC	12	Josifini Neihamu
LW	11	Michella'e Stolz		3'
FH	10	Salanieta Kinita
SH	9	Setaita Railumu
N8	8	Manuqalo Komaitai		67'	78'
OF	7	Alfreda Fisher Maria (c)		9'	20'	41'
BF	6	Nunia Delaimoala
RL	5	Mereoni Nakesa		61'
LL	4	Jade Coates
TP	3	Vika Matarugu	8'			48'
HK	2	Bitila Tawake	56'		78'
LP	1	Loraini Senivutu		68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Keleni Marawa
BR	17	Karalaini Naisewa				41'
PR	18	Tiana Robanakadavu		9'	20'	48'
BR	19	Carletta Yee		61'
PR	20	Sulita Waisega		68'
SH	21	Kolora Lomani		3'
FH	22	Kelerayani Luvu
WG	23	Salote Nailolo	79'	36'
Coach:
Ioan Cunningham

Player of the Match:
Evie Gallagher (Scotland)^[28]

Assistant referees:
Holly Wood (England)
Amelia Luciano (United States)
Television match official:
Rachel Horton (Australia)
Foul play review officer:
Ian Tempest (England)

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]




FB	15	Julia Schell
RW	14	Paige Farries
OC	13	Florence Symonds	65'
IC	12	Alex Tessier (c)
LW	11	Asia Hogan-Rochester
FH	10	Taylor Perry
SH	9	Justine Pelletier	55'
N8	8	Gabby Senft			46'
OF	7	Karen Paquin
BF	6	Fabiola Forteza
RL	5	Tyson Beukeboom	62'
LL	4	Sophie de Goede	40+1'	42'	72'
TP	3	DaLeaka Menin	69'
HK	2	Emily Tuttosi	62'
LP	1	McKinley Hunt	46'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gillian Boag	62'
PR	17	Brittany Kassil	46'
PR	18	Olivia DeMerchant	69'
SR	19	Laetitia Royer	62'
SR	20	Courtney O'Donnell	40+1'	42'	46'
BR	21	Caroline Crossley			72'
SH	22	Olivia Apps	55'
CE	23	Shoshanah Seumanutafa	65'
Coach:
Kévin Rouet


FB	15	Chloe Rollie
RW	14	Rhona Lloyd
OC	13	Emma Orr
IC	12	Lisa Thomson				72'
LW	11	Francesca McGhie
FH	10	Helen Nelson		19'	27'
SH	9	Leia Brebner-Holden		58'
N8	8	Evie Gallagher	31'
OF	7	Rachel McLachlan		58'
BF	6	Rachel Malcolm (c)
RL	5	Sarah Bonar		58'
LL	4	Emma Wassell		67'
TP	3	Lisa Cockburn		24'
HK	2	Lana Skeldon		53'
LP	1	Leah Bartlett		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elis Martin		53'
PR	17	Anne Young		64'
PR	18	Molly Poolman		24'
SR	19	Jade Konkel-Roberts		58'
SR	20	Eva Donaldson		67'
BR	21	Alex Stewart		58'
SH	22	Caity Mattinson		58'
CE	23	Evie Wills		19'	27'	72'
Coach:
Bryan Easson

Player of the Match:
Emily Tuttosi (Canada)^[31]

Assistant referees:
Ella Goldsmith (Australia)
Maria Heitor (Portugal)
Television match official:
Rachel Horton (Australia)
Foul play review officer:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

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]




FB	15	Kayleigh Powell
RW	14	Lisa Neumann
OC	13	Carys Cox
IC	12	Courtney Keight	42'
LW	11	Nel Metcalfe	78'
FH	10	Lleucu George
SH	9	Keira Bevan	63'
N8	8	Alex Callender (cc)
OF	7	Bethan Lewis
BF	6	Kate Williams (cc)	63'
RL	5	Gwen Crabb		68'
LL	4	Georgia Evans	57'	68'
TP	3	Sisilia Tuipulotu	63'
HK	2	Carys Phillips	68'
LP	1	Maisie Davies	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Molly Reardon	68'
PR	17	Gwenllian Pyrs	52'
PR	18	Donna Rose	63'
SR	19	Abbie Fleming	57'
BR	20	Bryonie King	63'
SH	21	Seren Lockwood	63'
CE	22	Hannah Dallavalle	42'
WG	23	Jasmine Joyce-Butchers	78'
Coach:
Sean Lynn


FB	15	Litiana Vueti	55'
RW	14	Repeka Tove
OC	13	Verenaisi Ditavutu
IC	12	Josifini Neihamu
LW	11	Kolora Lomani
FH	10	Salanieta Kinita
SH	9	Setaita Railumu
N8	8	Manuqalo Komaitai	63'
OF	7	Alfreda Fisher Maria (c)
BF	6	Nunia Delaimoala
RL	5	Asinate Serevi	47'
LL	4	Jade Coates	73'
TP	3	Vika Matarugu	52'
HK	2	Keleni Marawa
LP	1	Karalaini Naisewa
Replacements:
HK	16	Selai Naliva
BR	17	Carletta Yee	73'
PR	18	Tiana Robanakadavu	52'
BR	19	Mereoni Nakesa	47'
PR	20	Sulita Waisega	63'
SH	21	Repeka Mata
FH	22	Kelerayani Luvu
WG	23	Salote Nailolo	55'
Coach:
Ioan Cunningham

Player of the Match:
Josifini Neihamu (Fiji)^[35]

Assistant referees:
Lauren Jenner (Italy)
Jess Ling (Australia)
Television match official:
Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Foul play review officer:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

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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[4] The rankings of 14 October 2024 were used for seeding for the draw.

[5] The final rankings before the tournament started

[17] 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]

[27] 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]

[32] 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]

[36] 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]

[41] 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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2025 Women's Rugby World Cup
Stages	Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Final
Qualification	Africa (2024 RAWC) Americas Asia (2024 ARWC) Europe (2024 W6N) Oceania (2024 ORWC) Pacific (2024 PAC4) Final Qualification Tournament (2024 WXV)
General	Squads Statistics Warm-up matches