{"id":435634,"date":"2025-09-19T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435634\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:26:11","slug":"england-vs-france-womens-rugby-world-cup-prediction-kick-off-time-tv-live-stream-team-news-h2h-results-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435634\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs France: Women’s Rugby World Cup prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

England<\/a> and France<\/a> will renew their rivalry this weekend, with a place in the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup final on the line.<\/p>\n

They faced one another in a pre-tournament friendly, too, where John Mitchell\u2019s side took a more convincing 40-6 win in Mont-de-Marsan.<\/p>\n

France will push them all the way as they look to rain on the home favourites\u2019 parade in front of a sold-out Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n

Les Bleues, hoping to qualify for their first World Cup final, topped their pool with bonus-point victories over South Africa, Italy, and Brazil before beating Ireland in an intense quarter-final, coming back from a 13-point deficit to progress.<\/p>\n

Canada and New Zealand face off in the other semi-final, taking place on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\n

England vs France is scheduled for a 3.30pm BST kick-off on Saturday, September 19, 2025.<\/p>\n

The match will take place at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol.<\/p>\n

Where to watch England vs France<\/strong><\/p>\n

TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on BBC One. Coverage will begin at 2.45pm BST ahead of a 3.30pm kick-off.<\/p>\n

Live stream: Those with a TV license can also follow the contest live online via BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport\u2019s <\/strong>live blog, with expert analysis from Oli Gent.<\/p>\n

England vs France team news<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fly-half Holly Aitchison impressed against Scotland in the quarter-final but drops to the bench here, with Zoe Harrison preferred.<\/p>\n

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Holly Aitchison has been dropped despite impressing in the quarter-final<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

Also dropped are forwards Helena Rowland and Kelsey Clifford, who were both on the scoresheet in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Also suspended is co-captain Manae Feleu, who committed a dangerous tackle in the same game. Her younger sister, Teani, comes into the squad in her place.<\/p>\n

Carla Arbez is in at No10 with Toulouse mainstay Lina Queyroi suffering from a concussion.<\/p>\n

England vs France lineups<\/p>\n

England XV:<\/strong> Kildunne, Dow, Jones, Heard, Breach; Harrison, Hunt; Botterman, Cokayne, Muir, Talling, Ward, Aldcroft, Kabeya, Matthews.<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/strong> Atkin-Davies, Clifford, Bern, Galligan, Feaunati, Packer, Aitchison, Rowland.<\/p>\n

France XV: <\/strong>Bourgeois, Grisez, Konde, Vernier, Menager; Arbez, Bourdon Sansus; Brosseau, Gerin, Bernadou, Fall Raclot, Ikahehegi, Escudero, Champon, Feleu<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/strong> Riffonneau, Deshaye, Khalfaoui, Maka, Okemba, Chambon, Tuy, Arbey<\/p>\n

England vs France prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent results between England and France make for curious reading. The sides have met twice in recent months, with the Red Roses coming out on top both times, once by a one-point margin and once by 34.<\/p>\n

Such a disparity between matches makes it tricky to predict a result, but one thing is certain – the onus is on England to win.<\/p>\n

The Red Roses, considered clear favourites from day one, have made a mockery of this tournament thus far, reaching the semi-final stage with 248 points scored and just 25 conceded. <\/p>\n

France will be their most challenging opposition so far, but it would be a surprise to see them prevent England from booking a ticket to Twickenham.<\/p>\n

England to win by 20 points.<\/p>\n

Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Red Roses have won their last 16 matches against Les Bleues, who last came out on top in this fixture in 2018.<\/p>\n

England vs France match odds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England and France will renew their rivalry this weekend, with a place in the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[119459,393,2000,299,36,28115,120010],"class_list":{"0":"post-435634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-ellie-kildunne","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-red-roses","14":"tag-womens-rugby-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115230014396889009","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}