Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off with unprecedented record-breaking opening weekend on the BBC

The headline conflict between England and the USA, which resulted in a 69-7 victory for England, drew a peak viewers of two.4 million on BBC One and 600k on iPlayer. The weekend noticed 2.1 million streams total throughout BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site/app. In whole 4.6 million viewers tuned in to dwell protection of the Women’s Rugby World Cup over the weekend.

Scotland and Wales started their campaigns with a peak viewers of 1.2 million on BBC One, as Scotland secured a 38-8 win. Ireland’s 42-14 victory over Japan drew a peak viewers of 534,000 on BBC Two.

During the opening week of the event (Monday 18 August to Monday 25 August), 3.2 million distinctive guests accessed Women’s Rugby Union World Cup content material on the BBC Sport web site and app, with 1.2 million of these participating particularly with the great dwell textual content pages throughout the matches.

The opening weekend viewing determine surpasses your entire attain of the 2021 World Cup event (performed in 2022), which attracted 3.7 million viewers total, together with 1.8 million for the ultimate.

The attendance document for the Women’s Rugby World Cup was additionally damaged on the opening night time as 42,723 watched England beat USA in Sunderland.

Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, says: “It’s been a historical summer for women’s sport, and BBC Sport is proud to have been at the heart of it. These record-breaking figures for the opening weekend of the Women’s Rugby World Cup show the growing passion and interest of fans across the UK. With all four home nations competing on the world stage, we’re bringing audiences every match, every moment, and the stories behind these inspiring female athletes. And with the tournament just getting started, there’s much more to come.”

Ruby Tui, Black Fern and BBC Sport pundit, says: “If you could buy shares in women’s rugby – it would be your number one investment right now. It’s such a buzz to be here in England to witness this phenomenal growth of our game. World records are being broken every weekend and I’m here for it! How good!”

BBC Sport is the unique broadcaster of the Women’s Rugby World Cup with each match on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app. All house nations matches, and knockout stage fixtures shall be proven dwell on BBC One or BBC Two.

Follow the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 on TV, iPlayer, Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport web site/app and social media platforms on @BBCSport.

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