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Less than a year away from a home World Cup, England’s women will start the defence of their WXV1 title against the USA in Vancouver at 8.30pm (BST) on Sunday 29th September.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Red Roses, who won the inaugural WXV1 trophy in 2023<\/a>, will also face New Zealand in their second fixture before facing hosts Canada in their final pool match.<\/p>\n Ireland make their debut in WXV1 against the reigning world champions New Zealand.<\/p>\n The WXV competition is entering its second year and provides consistent annual fixtures for 18 test sides outside of World Cup years.<\/p>\n In 2024, WXV1 is hosted by Canada in Vancouver<\/a>, WXV2 is hosted by South Africa in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, while WXV3 is hosted by Dubai.<\/p>\n Canada will be riding high coming into the competition as hosts and having recently won the Pacific Four Series title.<\/p>\n Scotland are also on a title defence after winning WXV2 in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n This year they open against their Six Nations rivals Italy, having pipped them to the trophy last year, followed by games against Japan and Australia.<\/p>\n Wales qualified for WXV2 after beating Spain in a play-off<\/a> in June. <\/p>\n After opening against Australia, they will face Italy before concluding the tournament against Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n