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Rugby World Cup 2019 fixtures announced

The RWC 2019 Match Schedule has just been announced in Tokyo, Japan.

The opening game of the tournament will take place between Japan & ‘Europe 1’ (most likely Romania) on September 20th.

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New Zealand will open their campaign against South Africa on the 21st September in the deciding game of that pool.

England begins their tournament against Tonga, followed by USA, Argentina and they will finish with France.

Ireland and Scotland meet in the opening round, with Ireland following up against Japan 6 days later. Scotland will have to wait until their last game of the pool stages before they meet Japan.

Finally, Wales will face off against Australia in the second round of matches, with their opening fixture seeing them pitted against Georgia.

Full schedule: Rugby World Cup Japan 2023

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TokoRFC 42 minutes ago
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It was fantastic wasn’t it! But I agree, the 6N has had by far the better atmosphere and tension whereas the TRC has generally had the better rugby. But this years TRC had a lot of jeopardy and the 6N teams have come on leaps and bounds since 2015, both comps really are great.

I just hope next years 6N (and by extension the rest of the WC cycle) isn’t penned in by the new laws making high balls so beneficial percentage wise that most teams adopt similar tactics. Test rugby has been so fun recently because of the clash of styles



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MT 47 minutes ago
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Bouza explained it very clearly the challenge Spain and other tier 2 conutries face. He used the word level. They will play teams in 2026 on their level, not higher. Some of their Top 14 players will compete at a high level in the Champions Cup, they and other tier 2 nations need to raise their levels consideribly. To be competitive at WC.

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Johan Langebaan 49 minutes ago
What written judgement said about Alex Mann's role in gouging saga

EE's retaliation was surely all that was intentional and not his attack on Mann's eye as such. If that had been his intention Mann would have been in a sorry state with clear evidence which has not been forthcoming. While retaliation was stupid and deserving of sanction there clearly was provocation and in the broader scheme of things the ban probably is excessive although a player of EE's experience should have known better.

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Wayneo 52 minutes ago
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100% of the problems the Sharks have is because they have a Kiwi coach and a string of coaches highly influenced by Kiwi game plans

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cw 54 minutes ago
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2023 was very competitive. But the last two years have been average except for the Boks, with merit mentions for England and Argentina. Next year should be better.

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Hammer Head 55 minutes ago
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Jacque 1 hour ago
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Eric Elwood 1 hour ago
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For the conspiracy theorists:

Was the 2023 draw different?



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Lou Cifer 1 hour ago
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England definitely have the potential to pull it off and their trajectory is looking solid! They should now concentrate on winning away from home regularly. Lets see how the 6Ns goes…should be a decent indicator and obviously that game against the Boks in mid 2026 too.

The belief that one can pull it all off can be just as important



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DH 1 hour ago
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DH 1 hour ago
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Worst caprian since taine randell

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Lou Cifer 1 hour ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

You referring to the French player who had multiple red cards in is career, as well as a previous red card for gouging already? don’t let facts get in the way when comparing to a player with his 1st red card in 140+ tests and what….3 YCs in total🤡

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PaPaRumple 1 hour ago
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Ah mate that's nothing you should see your mom when i put it inside.

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cc 1 hour ago
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Lol

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CT 2 hours ago
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To all the raging screen warriors take a break relax nobody cares about your diatribe

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CT 2 hours ago
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As you aren't on the committee that made the decision your opinion is irrelevant

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Lou Cifer 2 hours ago
We are at peak 'Bok-flation' in this Rugby World Cup cycle

How can you say “their opposition is just so poor at the moment” when rugby between the top 5 or 6 teams hasn’t ever been so tight like it has been over the last few years. Also, the competition one could rightly argue for the 2010 to 2018 ABs….was extremely poor😉 This is arguably the toughest period to be the best team in the world imo.

Having said all that, the ABs team from 2011 - 2015 or 2010 - 2018 or whatever you want to call it are still the GOATs. I and many others personally feel that the Boks can only overtake them if they do the 3-peat🤞



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fl 2 hours ago
How England are building the foundations for World Cup success in 2027

well if there’s two of them jostling for a single position they’re not set in stone are they!

Tom Curry was also a 2025 Lion, and is shunted between 6 and 7. Elliot Daly was a 2025 (and 2021, and 2017) Lion, but has never had one position nailed down. Being a Lion doesn’t mean you have to play the same position every match.



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Tiger 2 hours ago
What written judgement said about Alex Mann's role in gouging saga

No doubt Eben deserved his 12 week sentence for going anywhere near the eye, but all the journalistic hysteria about eye gouging did not help. Definition: “To make a deep dent or hole in something”. One would have thought that photos of Mann's shredded black and blue eye would have surfaced by now and have been used in aggravation of sentence?

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SteveD 2 hours ago
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Huge apologies to the sheep. I understand from many many kiwis that they’re really rather nice, if you know what I mean…

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