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Bristol announced as host city for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
The Women’s Rugby World Cup will be coming to Bristol in 2025 with Ashton Gate announced as one of the host venues when the biggest ever celebration of women’s rugby comes to England.
The tenth edition of the tournament will see 16 teams competing across eight venues including in BS3.
Venue director at Ashton Gate Stadium, Jenny Hutchinson, said she is “incredibly proud” to be selected as one of the host venues”.
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She said: “There’s been a lot of work and collaboration behind the scenes to make this a reality, not least working with our home football and rugby teams to make the schedules work, and we’re all hugely excited to be able to host some of these games at Ashton Gate.
“We’ve hosted a number of international games here, in both football and rugby – each time setting and breaking new records for attendances – so it was a no-brainer for us to bring key stakeholders in the city together to put a compelling bid to be one of the host venues.”
England and Bristol Bears Women player, Lark Atkin-Davies, added: “Women’s sport in the general is on the up, our fanbase has been building massively and you saw it when England played at Twickenham in the Women’s Six Nations.
“We’ll fill Ashton Gate with fans that will make loads of noise as when we last played here it was an incredible atmosphere and I’m excited for more of that for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.”
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