Twickenham is among eight venues across England named to host the 2025 women's Rugby World Cup.
Twickenham Stadium is set to host the final of the women's Rugby World Cup in 2025, a decade after staging the men's World Cup final
Twickenham has been named among eight venues across England to host the women's 2025 Rugby World Cup.82,000-seater Twickenham earmarked for the finalSandy Park in Exeter, Salford Community Stadium in Manchester and Franklin's Gardens in Northampton are all chosen. Brighton's Amex Stadium, Sunderland's Stadium of Light, the York Community Stadium and Bristol's dual-purpose Ashton Gate are the football grounds.Sunderland's Stadium of Light is the second biggest venue behind Twickenham with a capacity of 49,000..The number of teams will also increase from 12 to 16, with schedule and ticketing information set to be released in 2024.
England, New Zealand, France and Canada have already qualified, while the remaining participants will be determined by their positioning in World Rugby's newSue Day, the RFU's chief operating oOfficer and chief finance officer, said the spread of venues would give potential new fans "the chance to be inspired by world-class sporting action."
"It's access to tournaments like these that can light a spark in people, and we hope it will encourage a new generation of people to give rugby a try for themselves," said Day.
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