England are in the World Cup final!

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Red Roses will play Canada in the World Cup final after they battled past a stubborn French side in Bristol. Sara is joined by 2014 World Cup winner Kat Merchant and commentator Claire Thomas to analyse another England victory over France. Ellie Kildunne scored two tries on her comeback but there were still issues with England's attack. We hear from head coach John Mitchell and prop Hannah Botterman. Canada stole the show on semi-final weekend with a resounding victory over the Black Ferns. Will they spoil the part at Twickenham next Saturday? Plus, Sara, Kat and Claire all pick their England XV for the final which throws up some surprise selections in the backline.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	He scored goals, lifted trophies and broken records along the way.
0:11.4	And now he's got a podcast.
0:13.2	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:15.2	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kay Kerrude and me, Kelly Summers,
0:18.6	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond. As much as you'd like to say it
0:22.9	loyalty in football now is there's no existence
0:24.7	whether that's fun players or managers.
0:26.5	Plus we'll hear the funniest, wildest and most
0:28.8	outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
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0:32.7	everybody's talking about. Watch an eye
0:34.7	player, listen on Towns.
0:36.9	Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly.
0:42.6	Welcome to Rugby Union Weekly, coming to you from Ashton Gate in Bristol.
0:48.2	Well, we can tell you that England are in the World Cup final.
0:51.9	They will be playing Canada at Twickenham next week. There is so much for us to
0:57.6	pour over after two incredible semifinals. But before we get into the nuts and bolts about everything,
1:04.5	I'm Sarah Orchard. I'm joined by our radio commentator Claire Thomas. I'm joined by Cap Merchant
1:09.7	2014 World Cup winner.
1:12.2	The atmosphere just has to be celebrated at this World Cup before we do any rugby.
1:17.3	It has just been off the scale, Cat.
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