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New Women's Rugby World Cup trophy revealed to mark 100 days to go

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: The new Women's Rugby World Cup Trophy is unveiled during a media event to mark 100 Days until the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 at Battersea Power station on May 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

A bold new Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy has been unveiled on the day which marks 100 days to go to the 2025 World Cup’s opening match where England will play the USA in Sunderland.

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Revealed at an event at London’s Battersea Power Station live on the BBC and in front of fans and members of the media, the arrival of the sport’s biggest tournament in England is gathering pace with more tickets now available to buy.

Crafted in sterling silver and plated with 24-carat gold, the newly designed trophy fuses history and future by retaining the iconic twin handles of the original prize while introducing a sleek, oval silhouette, with names of past champions engraved on its base acknowledging the trailblazers who have shaped the game.

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‘This Energy Never Stops’ – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

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‘This Energy Never Stops’ – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

The world map etched into the surface symbolises the game’s universal reach, celebrating the nations that have competed on the Rugby World Cup stage and the new stars who will carry the game forward.

Former World Cup champions and legends of the game were involved in the trophy’s design process, including Rachael Burford, Gill Burns, Monalisa Codling, Katy Daley-McLean, Fiao’o Fa’amausili, Sarah Hunter, Farah Palmer, Anna Richards, and Melodie Robinson.

There is unstoppable momentum building in England with a record 300,000 tickets already snapped up, more than double the total attendance from three years ago in New Zealand, and a further wave of tickets released to coincide with the trophy reveal and 100 days to go.

The new trophy will now embark on a three-week tour of the eight host locations across England throughout May and June, setting off from London, before continuing to Brighton & Hove, Exeter, Bristol, Northampton, Manchester, York and finishing in Sunderland.

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More tickets go on general sale today on a first come, first served basis, including popular matches such as the opening encounter between England and the USA at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light.

Buy your tickets to Rugby World Cup 2025.

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GrahamVF 26 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

The main problem is that on this thread we are trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Rugby union developed as distinct from rugby league. The difference - rugby league opted for guaranteed tackle ball and continuous phase play. Rugby union was based on a stop start game with stanzas of flowing exciting moves by smaller faster players bookended by forward tussles for possession between bigger players. The obsession with continuous play has brought the hybrid (long before the current use) into play. Backs started to look more like forwards because they were expected to compete at the tackle and breakdowns completely different from what the original game looked like. Now here’s the dilemma. Scrum lineout ruck and maul, tackling kicking handling the ball. The seven pillars of rugby union. We want to retain our “World in Union” essence with the strong forward influence on the game but now we expect 125kg props to scrum like tractors and run around like scrum halves. And that in a nutshell is the problem. While you expect huge scrums and ball in play time to be both yardsticks, you are going to have to have big benches. You simply can’t have it both ways. And BTW talking about player safety when I was 19 I was playing at Stellenbosch at a then respectable (for a fly half) 160lbs against guys ( especially in Koshuis rugby) who were 100 lbs heavier than me - and I played 80 minutes. You just learned to stay out of their way. In Today’s game there is no such thing and not defending your channel is a cardinal sin no matter how unequal the task. When we hybridised with union in semi guaranteed tackle ball the writing was on the wall.

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