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Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders

  • Written by Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology
Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contendersAdrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Women’s rugby is growing rapidly worldwide, and now accounts for 25% of the total global playing base. US women’s rugby star Ilona Maher is the most followed rugby player in the world, ahead of men’s stars Siya Kolisi and Antoine Dupont.

So there’s more interest than ever in the tenth Women&r...

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