2017 Womens Rugby World Cup to be held in Ireland

Ireland is to host the 2017 Womens Rugby World Cup, it was announced today. The competition will be held at venues in Dublin and Belfast.

At the time of entering their bid to host the tournament, the IRFU said it intended to host the  pool stages at UCD before moving to Belfast for semi-finals and finals at Queen’s University Sport and the newly developed Kingspan Stadium at Ravenhill.