Rugby: 32% of coaches at the Women's World Cup 2025 will be women, compared with 15% in 2022

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32% of the coaches (23) at the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025, organised in England, are women, compared with 15% (6) at the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 (played in New Zealand in 2022), according to World Rugby on 19/08/2025. This edition of the tournament will be contested by 16 teams, compared with 12 in 2022.

"For the first time in Women’s...

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