2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, Pool Stage Betting Blog

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Womens RWC 1The 2025 Wormen's Rugby World Cup gets going this weekend and this blog will focus on the betting angle for the Pool matches. 

 

 

 

Round 1 Fixtures

Posted 18 August 10h09

Below the week 1 fixtures which I am not even going to attempt to handicap 

 

Pool A
22 August – England vs United States (Stadium of Light, Sunderland)
23 August – Australia vs Samoa (Salford Community Stadium, Manchester)

Pool B
23 August – Scotland vs Wales (Salford Community Stadium, Manchester)
23 August – Canada vs Fiji (York Community Stadium, York)

Pool C
24 August – Ireland vs Japan (Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton)
24 August – New Zealand vs Spain (York Community Stadium, York)

Pool D
23 August – France vs Italy (Sandy Park, Exeter)
24 August – South Africa vs Brazil (Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton)

 

Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Preview

Posted 18 Aug 09h44

The 10th edition of the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in England on 22 August 2025, running through to the final at Twickenham on 27 September. The tournament has expanded to 16 teams, with heavyweights New Zealand entering as defending champions, hosts England chasing redemption after losing the 2021 final, and Canada and France also among the frontrunners.

It’s the first time all Six Nations teams (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales) will feature together since 2002, joined by teams from around the world including South Africa who will have dreams of a quarter-final place.

This is the sort of tournament that offers opportunity to the punter who is prepared to do some homework as the bookies do not have extensive knowledge of all the teams and players. 

The aim of this blog will be to try and find some betting value. 

 

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Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – Outright Winner

England 1.33
New Zealand 3.80
Canada 7.50
France 15.00
Ireland 67.00
Australia 67.00
USA 101.00
South Africa 151.00

251.00 and bigger the balance - prices at WSB 

 

Group Betting Outlook

Pool A (England, Australia, USA, Samoa)

  • Favourite: England 1.00 – dominant hosts and world number one.

  • Main rivals: Australia 15.00, USA 19.00 – both competing for second spot.

  • Long shot: Samoa 501.00 – unlikely to challenge.

Pool B (Canada, Scotland, Wales, Fiji)

  • Favourite: Canada 1.00 – ranked second in the world, clear pool leaders.

  • Rivals: Scotland 17.00, Wales 17.00 – expected to battle for second place.

  • Long shot: Fiji 151.00 – dangerous on their day but inconsistent.

Pool C (New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Spain)

  • Favourite: New Zealand 1.01 – defending champions, overwhelming favourites.

  • Rivals: Ireland 11.00 – best chance of troubling the Black Ferns.

  • Long shots: Japan 51.00, Spain 66.00 – outsiders with slim chances.

Pool D (France, Italy, South Africa, Brazil)

  • Favourite: France 1.06 – perennial semi-finalists, big pool favourites.

  • Rivals: Italy 11.00, South Africa 13.00 – expected to contest second place.

  • Long shot: Brazil 1001.00 – debutants, unlikely to feature beyond pools.

 

I will be back with a look at the opening weekends fixtures and betting lines when we have them