Rugby Union
Rugby World Cup France 2023. 8 September – 28 October 2023.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby
union teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country. The opening match and final will take place at the Stade de France, in the commune of Saint- Denis, north of Paris. The tournament will take place in the bicentenary year of the "invention" of the sport by William Webb Ellis.
It will be the third time France has hosted the Rugby World Cup, having
previously hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 1991 Rugby World Cup as joint hosts with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It precedes the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and will take place less than a year before the Olympic opening ceremony.
The defending champions are South Africa, who defeated England 32–12 in the 2019 final.
Chile will make its first ever appearance at the Rugby World Cup, and Portugal will return for its second appearance, after 16 years.
France will host the 10th edition of the Men's Rugby World Cup as 20 nations compete for the Webb Ellis trophy between September 8 and October 28.
Having won the Six Nations in 2022, hosts France will bid to win their first Rugby World Cup on home soil, having lost out in the final on three previous occasions.
They will face New Zealand in a spectacular opening match on Friday September 8 at the Stade de France in Paris, the venue which will host both
semi-finals and the final on Saturday October 28.
Matches will also be held in eight other venues in Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Nantes and Toulouse.
Pools
Pool A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Uruguay, Namibia Pool B: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Romania Pool C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia, Portugal
Pool D: England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, Chile
Fixtures and UK kick-off times:
Friday September 8, 2023
France vs New Zealand (8pm, Paris)
Saturday September 9, 2023
Italy vs Namibia (12pm, Saint-Etienne)
Ireland vs Romania (2.30pm, Bordeaux) Australia vs Georgia (5pm, Paris) England vs Argentina (8pm, Marseille)
Sunday September 10, 2023
Japan vs Chile (12pm, Toulouse)
South Africa vs Scotland (4.45pm, Marseille) Wales vs Fiji (8pm, Bordeaux)
Thursday September 14, 2023
France vs Uruguay (8pm, Lille)
Friday September 15, 2023
New Zealand vs Namibia (8pm, Toulouse)
Saturday September 16, 2023
Samoa vs Chile (2pm, Bordeaux) Wales vs Portugal (4.45pm, Nice)
Ireland vs Tonga (8pm, Nantes)
Sunday September 17, 2023
South Africa vs Romania (2pm, Bordeaux) Australia vs Fiji (4.45pm, Saint-Etienne) England vs Japan (8pm, Nice)
Wednesday September 20, 2023
Italy vs Uruguay (4.45pm, Nice)
Thursday September 21, 2023
France vs Namibia (8pm, Marseille)
Friday September 22, 2023
Argentina vs Samoa (4.45pm, Saint-Etienne)
Saturday September 23, 2023
Georgia vs Portugal (1pm, Toulouse) England vs Chile (4.45pm, Lille) South Africa vs Ireland (8pm, Paris)
Sunday September 24, 2023
Scotland vs Tonga (4.45pm, Nice) Wales vs Australia (8pm, Lyon) Wednesday September 27, 2023
Uruguay vs Namibia (4.45pm, Lyon)
Thursday September 28, 2023
Japan vs Samoa (8pm, Toulouse)
Friday September 19, 2023
New Zealand vs Italy (8pm, Lyon)
Saturday September 30, 2023
Argentina vs Chile (2pm, Nantes)
Fiji vs Georgia (4.45pm, Bordeaux) Scotland vs Romania (8pm, Lille)
Sunday October 1, 2023
Australia vs Portugal (4.45pm, Saint-Etienne) South Africa vs Tonga (8pm, Marseille)
Thursday October 5, 2023
New Zealand vs Uruguay (8pm, Lyon)
Friday October 6, 2023
France vs Italy (8pm, Lyon)
Saturday October 7, 2023
Wales vs Georgia (2pm, Nantes) England vs Samoa (14.45pm, Lille)
Ireland vs Scotland (8pm, Paris)
Sunday October 8, 2023
Japan vs Argentina (12pm, Nantes) Tonga vs Romania (4.45pm, Lille) Fiji vs Portugal (8pm, Toulouse)
Saturday October 14, 2023
QUARTER FINAL - Pool C Winner vs Pool D Runner-Up (4pm, Marseille) QUARTER FINAL - Pool B Winner vs Pool A Runner-Up (8pm, Paris)
Sunday October 15, 2023
QUARTER FINAL - Pool D Winner vs Pool C Runner-Up (4pm, Marseille) QUARTER FINAL - Pool A Winner vs Pool B Runner-Up (8pm, Paris)
Friday October 20, 2023
SEMI FINAL - Quart Final 1 Winner vs Quarter Final 2 Winner (8pm, Paris)
Saturday October 21, 2023
SEMI FINAL - Quarter Final 3 Winner vs Quarter Final 4 Winner (8pm, Paris)
Friday October 27, 2023
3rd Place Play-off - Semi Final 1 Runner-Up vs Semi Final 2 Runner-Up (8pm, Paris)
Saturday October 28, 2023
FINAL - Semi-Final 1 Winner vs Semi-Final 2 Winner (8pm, Paris)