Last 5 Women’s Rugby World Cup Winners
2025 – England Women’s Rugby World Cup Winner
On September 27, 2025, England lifted the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup title, defeating Canada in a dominating battle by 33-13. The finals broke viewership records with over 80,000 people witnessing the game at Twickenham Stadium. Under coach John Mitchell, this was England’s third World Cup victory. Sadia Kabeya was declared player of the match.
2021 – New Zealand Women’s Rugby World Cup Winner
Four years back, it was five-time champions New Zealand who lifted the Women’s Rugby World Cup Trophy in 2021. The host nation defeated two-time champions England in a thrilling victory by 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland on November 12, 2022. It was the Black Ferns’ sixth World Cup title. In the final nine minutes remaining, Ferns’ Ayesha Leti-I’iga gave her team the three-point lead. The Red Roses, on the other hand, were down by one player after Lydia Thompson was shown the red card in the 18th minute of the game.
2017 – New Zealand Women’s Rugby World Cup Winner
It was the Black Ferns as the winning team of the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup Finals. The team defeated England in the finals game by 41-32 at the Kingspan Stadium. The first half was dominated by England at 25-24, but the Ferns took the second half by storm. Player of the Match Toka Natua’s hat-trick got New Zealand their fifth World Cup title. Ferns’ Portia Woodman was the tournament’s leading try scorer.
2014 – England Women’s Rugby World Cup Winner
For the very first time, the Black Ferns were out of the finals run of the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Ireland ended their 20-match unbeaten streak to reach the semi-finals, where they were defeated by England. The Red Roses gave a dominant effort against Canada by a lead of 21-9 on 17th August, 2014. England’s centre Emily Scarratt was the leading scorer of the tournament with 70 points.
2010 – New Zealand Women’s Rugby World Cup Winner
England suffered their third consecutive World Cup finals loss to New Zealand at the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The Black Ferns defeated the Red Roses by 13-10 at the Twickenham Stoop. Kelly Brazier’s penalty kick in the 14th minute of the final game led the Ferns to their fourth successive World Cup title. Ferns’ Carla Hohepa was crowned IRB Women’s Personality of the Year. Ferns’ flyer Carla Hohepa and Canada winger Heather Moyse were tied as the tournament’s leading try scorers that year.
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