France Women vs Italy Women Kick Off Times & TV Channel
France Women face off against Italy Women in Women's Rugby World Cup Round 1 on Sat 23rd August 2025 at Sandy Park. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 20:15 and is broadcast on BBC iPlayer. In South Africa it’s at 21:15 SAST on SuperSport, 07:15 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 05:15 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 12:15 EST on Paramount+ in the US.
France Women won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
World Rankings
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 5 places in the rankings with France Women in position 4 and Italy Women in position 9, underlining just how tight this match could be.
France Women vs Italy Women Squads
The official squads for France Women vs Italy Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
Live Updates
The France supporters go wild as Morgane Bourgeois successfully kicks the conversion.
France are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Charlotte Escudero touching down.
Morgane Bourgeois adds the two points for France.
Slick passing by France leads to a try for Assia Khalfaoui.
Morgane Bourgeois kicks the penalty.
Morgane Bourgeois makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Brilliant skill shown there by Joanna Grisez as they go over the white wash for a try.