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In partnership with key partners and stakeholders, World Rugby has released two landmark publications – the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Impact Report and the Impact Beyond 2025 Global Impact Report, presenting, for the first time, a unified and comprehensive picture of how the tournament has reshaped women’s rugby locally in England and globally across World Rugby’s 134 member unions and six regional associations.
Together, the reports demonstrate how the most successful Women’s Rugby World Cup in history acted as both a catalyst and a platform: igniting unprecedented momentum and delivering tangible benefits to local communities while driving targeted, measurable development programmes around the world. From record-breaking attendance and economic uplift to transformative participation and leadership pathways for women and girls globally, England 2025 was a defining moment for the sport.
Hosted across eight cities (Brighton, Bristol, Exeter, London, Manchester, Northampton, Sunderland and York), Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 delivered exceptional results across every success metric.
A total of 444,465 tickets were sold, making it the most attended Women’s Rugby World Cup in history and tripling the turnout of the previous edition, with 92 per cent of all tickets sold across the tournament. The final at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham drew a record-breaking 81,885 fans, setting a new world record for a women’s rugby match and becoming the second most attended Rugby World Cup final of all time, across both men’s and women’s events. This nationwide surge in attendance was fuelled by deliberate efforts to take the tournament deep into communities across England, with host cities embracing regional activations, tailored engagement programmes and localised media coverage that sparked enthusiasm and mobilised fans far beyond traditional rugby heartlands.
