Hats, high fives and mauls: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – a picture essay

Our award-winning photographer has travelled to Sunderland, Exeter and beyond covering the tournament. As it draws to a close, we look at some of his best imagesThe 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup began on 22 August and the record-breaking tournament has surpassed all expectations. There were 375,000 tickets sold before the tournament even kicked off, a number more than double the total attendance from WRWC 2021 in New Zealand. The tournament is on course to become the biggest Women’s R