As England etch their name into the history books, we look back at the standout stats from Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 and select our team of the tournament.
After the Lionesses’ triumph earlier in the summer, the Red Roses began their World Cup campaign in late August determined to emulate their footballing counterparts by lifting a major trophy.
Six weeks and six games later, they did just that – and in some style. England won every match by at least 15 points, finishing with a 20-point victory over Canada in the final. It was their third Women’s Rugby World Cup title and the second-biggest winning margin ever in a final, behind New Zealand’s 32-point win over the USA in 1998.
France and Canada pushed them close at times, but ultimately no side could match England’s dominance across the pitch. They combined the most efficient attack with the tournament’s meanest defence.
The Red Roses averaged more points (52.7) and tries (8.0) per game than any other team, while conceding the fewest on average too (9.2 points, 1.3 tries). They scored a try once every six possessions on average – the best strike rate of any side – just ahead of the USA (6.3), New Zealand (6.4) and Canada (6.6).
But it was their defensive steel that really set them apart. On average, teams facing England needed an average of 28 possessions to score a try, making the Red Roses the stingiest defence by far (France next-highest at 18 possessions).
What England did with their possessions shows just why they were able to get over the line quicker than any team and starve their opponents of five pointers in reply.
With ball in hand, they posted the best gainline success rate (76%) and gained a tournament-high 4.9 metres per carry as a result. In defence, they stopped their opponents getting over the gainline from 46% of carries – also the best rate of any side – and were the only team to concede fewer than three metres per carry when their opponents were in possession (2.7).
It was a fully deserved victory for England, and one that offered a measure of redemption after the heartbreak of the final three years ago, when they were reduced to 14 players early on but still came so close to winning.
Since then, the Red Roses have won 33 consecutive matches – a record in women’s or men’s Test rugby. The only question now is: who can stop them?
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Tournament
England’s triumph this year was a true squad effort. They showcased their depth by rotating heavily in the pool stages, but that didn’t stop them having five players in our Team of the Tournament, more than any other nation. Ellie Kildunne, Megan Jones and Natasha Hunt took up three of the seven spots in the backline, while Hannah Botterman and Amy Cokayne made it an England one-two in the front row at loosehead prop and hooker.
But it was Canada’s inspirational captain Sophie de Goede who topped our rankings after a string of talismanic performances. The second row carried a tournament-high 107 times – 35 more than teammate DaLeaka Menin, who herself ranked second and also earned a place in our XV. De Goede also led the competition for offloads (12) and successful kicks at goal (22).
Her performances were no one-hit-wonder though; she topped the carries chart at the last Rugby World Cup too, with 101 – 27 more than the next-best player in that edition.
De Goede and Menin were joined by fellow Canadian Asia Hogan-Rochester, one of just three players to score in all three knockout rounds, alongside Cokayne and New Zealand’s Braxton Sorensen-McGee.
Sorensen-McGee was one of three Black Ferns to make the cut after finishing as both top points-scorer (69) and top try-scorer (11). She was joined by Kaipo Olsen-Baker, who led the tournament for metres in contact (134), and Jorja Miller, who beat more defenders (33) than anyone else.
France were represented by the competition’s top two turnover winners, Gabrielle Vernier (11) and Charlotte Escudero (9). Scotland and the USA each had one player included: Helen Nelson, the dependable playmaker at fly-half, and Erica Jarrell-Searcy, the only forward to score in all three pool-stage games.
Best Facts of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
England won the Women’s Rugby World Cup for a third time (also 1994, 2014), only New Zealand have lifted the trophy more often (6 times). The Red Roses have finished in the top three at every edition of the tournament, the only team to manage that feat. New Zealand failed to reach the Rugby World Cup final for just the third time in their nine tournament appearances, after 1991 and 2014; they went on to win the Bronze Final and have now finished in the top three at eight editions. South Africa reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup for the first time in their history; the Springbok Women topped the charts for possession (59%), territory (59%), carries (168) and metres-in-contact (280) per game. New Zealand’s defeat to Canada in the semi-finals brought their 18-game winning run at the Rugby World Cup to an end, the second-longest such run in the history of the tournament, after their own run of 20 consecutive victories between 1998 and 2014. Champions England gained the most metres per carry (4.9) and had the highest gainline success rate (76%) of any team at Rugby World Cup 2025 – Fiji had the competition’s highest tackle evasion rate (29%), while Scotland ranked first for carry dominance (47%). New Zealand’s Braxton Sorensen-McGee was the top try scorer, crossing the line 11 times – the second most by any player in an edition of the Rugby World Cup, with only teammate Portia Woodman-Wickliffe scoring more in a campaign (13 in 2017). England scrum-half Natasha Hunt assisted the most tries at Rugby World Cup 2025 (10); she registered at least one assist during every round of the tournament, the only player to do so. New Zealand duo Jorja Miller (33) and Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (28) beat more defenders than any other player at Rugby World Cup 2025 – Miller was the only player to evade at least two thirds of the tackles she faced (70%, min. 20 faced). Canada’s Sophie de Goede was the only player to make 80+ carries at Rugby World Cup 2025 (107), having also been the only player to do so at the previous edition (101). England’s Sadia Kabeya was the only player to complete 100+ tackles at Rugby World Cup 2025 (113), while teammate Morwenna Talling made the second most tackles (91) and ranked first for dominant tackles (13). France duo Gabrielle Vernier (11) and Charlotte Escudero (9) ranked first and second respectively for turnovers won at Rugby World Cup 2025, with Vernier making the most turnover-winning tackles (7) and Escudero winning the most turnovers at the ruck (7). Canada duo Karen Paquin (110) and Emily Tuttosi (107) hit the most attacking rucks of any players at Rugby World Cup 2025, while Scotland’s Evie Gallagher hit the most defensive rucks of any player (53). Wales’ Carys Phillips found a teammate from each of her 17 lineout throws at this year’s Rugby World Cup, no other player to attempt at least five throws recorded a 100% success rate. The earliest try at Rugby World Cup 2025 was scored by Francesca McGhie, who crossed the line for Scotland after just 53 seconds against Wales during the pool stage – Scotland were also responsible for the latest try, scored by Rhona Lloyd in the 82nd minute of their quarter-final against England (81:57).You can do your own analysis on all of the players at this year’s tournament using our Rugby World Cup 2025 Stats Hub.
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