2023 Rugby World Cup Fixtures: Results, Schedule, TV, How to watch

Rugby World Cup 2023: pools, teams, fixtures, full schedule Dates, times, venues, how to watch, tv channel, Odds.

Rugby World Cup 2019 has come to a shocking end for Roses.

Rugby World Cup 2019 was staged in Japan and it served up another thrilling tournament.

England and South Africa fought their way through the pool phase and knockout stage to book their spots in the final.

It was a hard-fought clash but the Springboks proved too strong in the end, claiming a comfortable 32-12 victory over Eddie Jones’ side.

There are another four years before the next tournament and Sportshistori.com has rounded up everything you need to know for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

When is the 2023 Rugby World Cup, dates?

The next Rugby2023 tournament will be staged in France. France also hosted the 2007 World Cup, but some of the games were played in Wales and Scotland.

The country beat off rival bids from South Africa and Ireland.

The tournament will be played from September 3 to October 21.

The Rugby World Cup France 2023 tournament will take place between 8 September and 21 October 2023 with the full fixture list with dates and venues has been confirmed.

Rugby World Cup 2023: All City Venues, Stadium locations with Sitting Capacity.

Bordeaux: Matmut Atlantique (42,000 capacity)

Lille: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50,000 capacity)

Lyon: Parc OL (59,000 capacity)

Marseille: Orange Vélodrome (67,000 capacity)

Nantes: Stade de la Beaujoire (37,500 capacity)

Nice: Allianz Riviera (35,000 capacity)

Saint-Denis (Paris): Stade de France (80,000 capacity)

Saint-Etienne: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42,000 capacity)

Toulouse: Stadium de Toulouse (33,000 capacity)

Rugby World Cup 2023 Pools, group teams.

Pool A: New Zealand, France (Host), Italy, Uruguay, Namibia

Pool B: South Africa (Def. Champs), Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Romania

Pool C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia, Portugal

Pool D: England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, Chile

2023 Rugby World Cup fixtures list: full schedule dates, kick-off times, venues.

All Kick-off times are Local.



Friday September 8, 2023

France best New Zealand 27-17



Saturday September 9, 2023


Italy beat Namibia 52-8 

Ireland beat Romania 82-8 

Australia beat Georgia 35-15

England beat Argentina 27-10



Sunday September 10, 2023


Japan beat Chile 42-12 

South Africa  18 - 3  Scotland

Wales  32 - 26  Fiji



Thursday September 14, 2023

France  27 - 12 Uruguay 



Friday September 15, 2023

New Zealand  71 - 3  Namibia 



Saturday September 16, 2023

Samoa  43 - 10  Chile

Wales  28 - 8  Portugal 

Ireland  59 - 16  Tonga 



Sunday September 17, 2023

South Africa  76 - 0  Romania

Australia  15 - 22  Fiji 

England  34 - 12  Japan 



Wednesday September 20, 2023

Italy  38 - 17  Uruguay



Thursday September 21, 2023

France  96 - 0  Namibia 



Friday September 22, 2023

Argentina  19 - 10  Samoa 



Saturday September 23, 2023

Georgia  18 - 18  Portugal

England  71 - 0  Chile 

South Africa  8 - 13  Ireland 



Sunday September 24, 2023

Scotland  45 - 17  Tonga 

Wales  40 - 6  Australia 

Wednesday 27th September

Uruguay v Namibia (4:45pm, OL Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Thursday 28th September

Japan v Samoa (8pm, Stade de Toulouse) ITV4 / ITVX

Friday 29th September

New Zealand v Italy (8pm, OL Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Saturday 30th September

Argentina v Chile (2pm, Stade de la Beaujoire) ITV1 / ITVX

Fiji v Georgia (4:45pm, Stade de Bordeaux) ITV1 / ITVX

Scotland v Romania (8pm, Stade Pierre-Mauroy) ITV1 / ITVX

Sunday 1st October

Australia v Portugal (4:45pm, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) ITV1 / ITVX

South Africa v Tonga (8pm, Stade de Marseille) ITV1 / ITVX

Thursday 5th October

New Zealand v Uruguay (8pm, OL Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Friday 6th October

France v Italy (8pm, OL Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Saturday 7th October

Wales v Georgia (2pm, Stade de la Beaujoire) ITV1 / ITVX

England v Samoa (4:45pm, Stade Pierre-Mauroy) ITV1 / ITVX

Ireland v Scotland (8pm, Stade de France) ITV1 / ITVX

Sunday 8th October

Japan v Argentina (12pm, Stade de la Beaujoire) ITV1 / ITVX

Tonga v Romania (4:45pm, Stade Pierre-Mauroy) ITV3 / ITVX

Fiji v Portugal (8pm, Stade de Toulouse) ITV4 / ITVX

Rugby World Cup 2023 Quarter-Finals Fixtures, Dates, Times, Channels

Oct 14: Quarter-final 1 – Winner Pool C vs Runner-up Pool D – Stade Velodrome, Marseille


Oct 14: Quarter-final 2 – Winner Pool B vs Runner-up Pool A – Stade de France, Saint-Denis


Oct 15: Quarter-final 3 – Winner Pool D vs Runner-up Pool C – Stade Velodrome, Marseille


Oct 15: Quarter-final 4 – Winner Pool A vs Runner-up Pool B – Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Rugby World Cup 2023 Semi-Finals Fixtures, Dates, Times, Channels

Oct 20: Semi-final 1 – Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis


Oct 21: Semi-final 2 – Winner QF 3 vs Winner QF 4 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis




Oct 27: Bronze final – Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis

When is the Rugby World Cup final?

• Oct 28: RWC 2023 Final – Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis

The tournament began in Paris on 8 September with the host nation facing New Zealand, and will conclude with the final, also at the capital city’s Stade de France, on 28 October.

How Can I watch the Rugby World Cup, Live streaming online?

ITV have the exclusive broadcast rights in the UK. The channel for each match is listed below.

The radio commentary of every match will be available only on the BBC, across Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds service. The BBC says there will be a “bespoke output” in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.



In the US, the tournament is being shown on NBC Sports. In South Africa the TV coverage is on SuperSport.

Amazon Prime broadcast England’s four warm-up fixtures as well as nine other warm-up fixtures featuring other Six Nations teams.

* Asia Pacific & Oceania: beIN Sports, Stan, Sky NZ, Stuff, Fiji TV

* Europe: ProSieben, Telenet, Sportklub, Viaplay, Sky Italia, Ziggo, Saran Sport, Movistar, TF1

* South Africa & Sub-Sahara: SuperSport

* Middle East & North Africa: STARZPLAY

* North America: NBC

2023 Rugby World Cup Betting dds, who'll win the mega tournament in France

William Hill

* Ireland - 11/4

* South Africa - 3/1

* France - 10/3

* New Zealand - 9/2

* England - 10/1

* Australia - 12/1

Bet365

* Ireland - 3/1

* South Africa - 3/1

* France - 3/1

* New Zealand - 4/1

* England - 10/1

* Australia - 11/1

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