22 Aug 2025

Black Ferns gear up for first Rugby World Cup match

From Checkpoint, 5:53 pm on 22 August 2025

The Black Ferns are preparing for their first game of the Womens Rugby World Cup, facing Spain in York. More than 375,000 tickets have already been sold, three times more than in 2022. The Twickenham final is sold out, that is 82,000 ticket, marking the largest crowd ever for a women's rugby union match. The Black Ferns are back to back champions and have won at total of six World Cups. Black Fern Laura Bayfield spoke to Lisa Owen.