Rugby World Cup<\/a> 2027 schedule has been released with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales discovering their dates and venues in Australia for next year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\nThe hosts, Australia, will kick off in Perth against Hong Kong on 1 October, meaning a crunch match with rivals New Zealand comes up in the second wave of fixtures on 9 October in Sydney.<\/p>\n
England will start their campaign against Tonga in Brisbane on 2 October, while fellow Pool F side Wales begin in Adelaide against Zimbabwe on the same day.<\/p>\n
Ireland bid for a breakthrough in the World Cup once again, and Andy Farrell\u2019s side start against Portugal in Sydney on 4 October. Scotland, meanwhile, also in Pool D, take on Uruguay, on the same day.<\/p>\n
And the defending champions, South Africa, battle Italy in Adelaide on 3 October as they prepare for a famous threepeat. Here\u2019s the full schedule, fixtures and venues for what promises to be a famous Rugby World Cup in 2027:<\/p>\n
Rugby World Cup 2027 schedule<\/p>\n
Pool A<\/strong><\/p>\nFri, 1 Oct 18:45 Australia v Hong Kong China Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Sat, 2 Oct 13:15 New Zealand v Chile Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Sat, 9 Oct 17:10 New Zealand v Australia Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
Sat, 9 Oct 20:15 Chile v Hong Kong China North Queensland Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra<\/p>\n
Fri, 15 Oct 17:15 New Zealand v Hong Kong China Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sat, 16 Oct 15:10 Australia v Chile Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Pool B<\/strong><\/p>\nSun, 3 Oct 14:15 South Africa v Italy Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Sun, 3 Oct 20:15 Georgia v Romania North Queensland Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra<\/p>\n
Sun, 10 Oct 16:45 South Africa v Georgia Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Mon, 11 Oct 19:45 Italy v Romania Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal<\/p>\n
Sun, 17 Oct 12:15 Italy v Georgia Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi<\/p>\n
Sun, 17 Oct 19:15 South Africa v Romania Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Pool C<\/strong><\/p>\nMon, 4 Oct 14:15 Fiji v Spain Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi<\/p>\n
Mon, 4 Oct 18:45 Argentina v Canada Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Sun, 10 Oct 12:15 Fiji v Canada Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Sun, 10 Oct 15:15 Argentina v Spain Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sat, 16 Oct 13:15 Argentina v Fiji Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Sat, 16 Oct 20:15 Spain v Canada North Queensland Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra<\/p>\n
Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\nSun, 3 Oct 17:15 Scotland v Uruguay Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Mon, 4 Oct 17:15 Ireland v Portugal Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal<\/p>\n
Sun, 10 Oct 17:45 Ireland v Scotland Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Mon, 11 Oct 17:15 Uruguay v Portugal Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi<\/p>\n
Sun, 17 Oct 14:45 Ireland v Uruguay Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sun, 17 Oct 16:15 Scotland v Portugal Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Pool E<\/strong><\/p>\nSat, 2 Oct 17:45 France v USA Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sun, 3 Oct 12:15 Japan v Samoa Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi<\/p>\n
Sat, 9 Oct 12:15 USA v Samoa Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Sat, 9 Oct 18:45 France v Japan Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Fri, 15 Oct 20:00 Japan v USA Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Sun, 17 Oct 19:45 France v Samoa Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal<\/p>\n
Pool F<\/strong><\/p>\nSat, 2 Oct 12:15 Wales v Zimbabwe Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Sat, 2 Oct 20:15 England v Tonga Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Fri, 8 Oct 18:15 Wales v Tonga Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Fri, 8 Oct 20:15 England v Zimbabwe Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya<\/p>\n
Fri, 15 Oct 20:15 Tonga v Zimbabwe North Queensland Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra<\/p>\n
Sat, 16 Oct 19:45 England v Wales Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
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South Africa are aiming for a third straight title (Getty)<\/p>\n
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England’s Maro Itoje lifts the Hillary Shield as he celebrates winning against New Zealand (REUTERS)<\/p>\n
Knockout phase<\/p>\n
Round of 16<\/strong><\/p>\nSat, 23 Oct 14:15: Round of 16 (1): 2nd Pool C v 2nd Pool F Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal<\/p>\n
Sat, 23 Oct 15:45 Round of 16 (2): 1st Pool A v 3rd Pool C|E|F Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Sat, 23 Oct 19:15 Round of 16 (3): 1st Pool E v 2nd Pool D Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sat, 23 Oct 18:45 Round of 16 (4): 1st Pool B v 3rd Pool D|E|F Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Sun, 24 Oct 14:15 Round of 16 (5): 1st Pool C v 3rd Pool A|E|F Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal<\/p>\n
Sun, 24 Oct 16:45 Round of 16 (6): 1st Pool D v 3rd Pool B|E|F Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm<\/p>\n
Sun, 24 Oct 18:15 Round of 16 (7): 2nd Pool A v 2nd Pool E Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Sun, 24 Oct 18:45 Round of 16 (8): 1st Pool F v 2nd Pool B Perth Stadium, Perth | Boorloo<\/p>\n
Quarter-finals<\/strong><\/p>\nSat, 30 Oct 16:45 Quarter-final 1: Winner R16 (2) v Winner R16 (4) Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
Sat, 30 Oct 18:45 Quarter-final 2: Winner R16 (1) v Winner R16 (3) Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Sun, 31 Oct 16:00 Quarter-final 3: Winner R16 (5) v Winner R16 (6) Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin<\/p>\n
Sun, 31 Oct 20:00 Quarter-final 4: Winner R16 (7) v Winner R16 (8) Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
Semi-final<\/strong><\/p>\n49 Fri, 5 Nov 20:00 Semi-final 1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
50 Sat, 6 Nov 20:00 Semi-final 2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
Third place play-off<\/strong><\/p>\nFri, 12 Nov 19:45 Bronze final: Runner-up SF1 v Runner-up SF2 Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n
Final<\/strong><\/p>\nSat, 13 Nov 20:00 Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 Stadium Australia, Sydney | Wangal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(AFP via Getty Images) The Rugby World Cup 2027 schedule has been released with England, Ireland, Scotland and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[186,22422,748,218779,4884,568,187523,712,218777,1862,218778,16,15],"class_list":["post-738153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-australia","tag-brisbane","tag-britain","tag-docklands-stadium","tag-great-britain","tag-perth","tag-perth-stadium","tag-scotland","tag-stadium-australia","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-football-stadium","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116003273845143697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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