WXV 1 Tournament
Wellington, Dunedin and Auckland will host three block buster match-weekends, featuring the world's top six international women's rugby teams in the inaugural WXV 1 tournament.
Tournament timeline and locations:
- Sky Stadium in Wellington (20-21 October)
- Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium (27-28 October)
- Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, Auckland where the tournament winner will likely be decided (3-4 November)
Six international women’s rugby teams will play nine Tests during the tournament from 20 October to 4 November, with each match weekend venue hosting a standalone Friday night Test followed by a Saturday double-header. The tournament will feature England, France, and Wales, who will be joined by the top three sides from the Pacific Four Series, which will be contested in July between reigning World Cup champions the Black Ferns, Australia, USA, and Canada. All nine Tests will be live on Sky Sport with kick-off times to be announced in due course.
WXV 1 will consist of six teams and be played in a cross-pool format. Participating teams will include the top three teams from the Women’s Six Nations (Europe) and the top three teams from the World Rugby Pacific Four Series (Rugby Americas North/Oceania). Each team will play three matches. Find out more about WXV here.