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The kick-off time in your region for every Rugby World Cup game

Michael Leitch with the traditional Japanese tumbler doll Daruma during the Japan Rugby World Cup welcome ceremony in Tokyo (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)

With just days to go before the World Cup starts in Japan, excitement has reached fever pitch ahead of what promises to be one of the most open tournaments in history.

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The world will not need to wait long for pulsating fixtures, as the All Blacks face South Africa on the second day of the RWC in one of the biggest games ever seen in the pool stages. With France facing Argentina and Ireland facing Scotland that same weekend, the tournament is set to start with a bang.

But with Japan straddling the timezones of both the UK and New Zealand, and with clocks changing in different parts of the world as the RWC goes on, timings may become complicated. So here is a fixture list of all matches in the coming months.

POOL STAGES

Pool A: What times does Japan versus Russia kick-off?
Date: Friday, September 20
UK: 11.45am
Tokyo: 7.45pm
NZ: 10.45pm

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Pool D: What times does Australia versus Fiji kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 21
UK: 5.45am
Tokyo: 1.45pm
NZ: 4.45pm

Pool C: What times does France versus Argentina kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 21
UK: 8.15am
Tokyo: 4.15pm
NZ: 7.15pm

Pool B: What times does New Zealand versus South Africa kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 21
UK: 10.45am
Tokyo: 6.45pm
NZ: 9.45pm

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Pool B: What times does Italy versus Namibia kick-off?
Date: Sunday, September 22
UK: 6.45am
Tokyo: 2.45pm
NZ: 5.45pm

Pool A: What times does Ireland versus Scotland kick-off?
Date: Sunday, September 22
UK: 8.45am
Tokyo: 4.45pm
NZ: 7.45pm

Pool C: What times does England versus Tonga kick-off?
Date: Sunday, September 22
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 10.15pm

Pool D: What times does Wales versus Georgia kick-off?
Date: Monday, September 23
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 10.15pm

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Pool A: What times does Russia versus Samoa kick-off?
Date: Tuesday, September 24
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 10.15pm

Pool D: What times does Fiji versus Uruguay kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, September 24
UK: 6.15am
Tokyo: 2.15pm
NZ: 5.15pm

Pool B: What times does Italy versus Canada kick-off?
Date: Thursday, September 26
UK: 8.45am
Tokyo: 4.45pm
NZ: 7.45pm

Pool C: What times does England versus USA kick-off?
Date: Thursday, September 26
UK: 11.45am
Tokyo: 7.45pm
NZ: 10.45pm

Pool C: What times does Argentina versus Tonga kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 28
UK: 5.45am
Tokyo: 1.45pm
NZ: 4.45pm

 

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Pool A: What times does Japan versus Ireland kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 28
UK: 8.15am
Tokyo: 4.15pm
NZ: 7.15pm

Pool B: What times does South Africa versus Namibia kick-off?
Date: Saturday, September 28
UK: 10.45am
Tokyo: 6.45pm
NZ: 9.45pm

Pool D: What times does Georgia versus Uruguay kick-off?
Date: Sunday, September 29
UK: 6.15am
Tokyo: 2.15pm
NZ: 6.15pm

Pool D: What times does Australia versus Wales kick-off?
Date: Sunday, September 29
UK: 8.45am
Tokyo: 4.45pm
NZ: 8.45pm

Pool A: What times does Scotland versus Samoa kick-off?
Date: Monday, September 30
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

Pool C: What times does France versus USA kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, October 2
UK: 8.45am
Tokyo: 4.45pm
NZ: 8.45pm

Pool B: What times does New Zealand versus Canada kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, October 2
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

Pool D: What times does Georgia versus Fiji kick-off?
Date: Thursday, October 3
UK: 6.15am
Tokyo: 2.15pm
NZ: 6.15pm

 

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Pool A: What times does Ireland versus Russia kick-off?
Date: Thursday, October 3
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

Pool B: What times does South Africa versus Italy kick-off?
Date: Friday, October 4
UK: 10.45am
Tokyo: 6.45pm
NZ: 10.45pm

Pool D: What times does Australia versus Uruguay kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 5
UK: 6.15am
Tokyo: 2.15pm
NZ: 6.15pm

Pool C: What times does England versus Argentina kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 5
UK: 9.00am
Tokyo: 5.00pm
NZ: 9.00pm

Pool A: What times does Japan versus Samoa kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 5
UK: 11.30am
Tokyo: 7.30pm
NZ: 11.30pm

Pool B: What times does New Zealand versus Namibia kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 6
UK: 5.45am
Tokyo: 1.45pm
NZ: 5.45pm

Pool C: What times does France versus Tonga kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 6UK: 8.45am
Tokyo: 4.45pm
NZ: 8.45pm

Pool B: What times does South Africa versus Canada kick-off?
Date: Tuesday, October 8
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

 

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Pool C: What times does Argentina versus USA kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, October 9
UK: 5.45am
Tokyo: 1.45pm
NZ: 5.45pm

Pool A: What times does Scotland versus Russia kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, October 9
UK: 8.15am
Tokyo: 4.15pm
NZ: 8.15pm

Pool D: What times does Wales versus Fiji kick-off?
Date: Wednesday, October 9
UK: 10.45am
Tokyo: 6.45pm
NZ: 10.45pm

Pool D: What times does Australia versus Georgia kick-off?
Date: Friday, October 11
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

Pool B: What times does New Zealand versus Italy kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 12
UK: 5.45am
Tokyo: 1.45pm
NZ: 5.45pm

Pool C: What times does England versus France kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 12
UK: 9.15am
Tokyo: 5.15pm
NZ: 9.15pm

Pool A: What times does Ireland versus Samoa kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 12
UK: 11.45am
Tokyo: 7.45pm
NZ: 11.45pm

Pool B: What times does Namibia versus Canada kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 13
UK: 4.15am
Tokyo: 12.15pm
NZ: 4.15pm

Pool C: What times does USA versus Tonga kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 13
UK: 6.45am
Tokyo: 2.45pm
NZ: 6.45pm

Pool D: What times does Wales versus Uruguay kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 13
UK: 9.15am
Tokyo: 5.15pm
NZ: 9.15pm

Pool A: What times does Japan versus Scotland kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 13
UK: 11.45am
Tokyo: 7.45pm
NZ: 11.45pm

QUARTER-FINALS

What times does the winner of Pool C versus the runner-up of Pool D kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 19
UK: 8.15am
Tokyo: 4.15pm
NZ: 8.15pm

What times does the winner of Pool B versus the runner-up of Pool A kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 19
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 7.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

What times does the winner of Pool D versus the runner-up of Pool C kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 20
UK: 8.15am
Tokyo: 4.15pm
NZ: 8.15pm

What times does the winner of Pool A versus the runner-up of Pool B kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 20
UK: 11.15am
Tokyo: 19.15pm
NZ: 11.15pm

SEMI-FINALS

What times does the winner of quarter-final one versus the winner of quarter-final two kick-off?
Date: Saturday, October 26
UK: 9.00am
Tokyo: 5.00pm
NZ: 9.00pm

What times does the winner of quarter-final three versus the winner of quarter-final four kick-off?
Date: Sunday, October 27
UK: 9.00am
Tokyo: 6.00pm
NZ: 9.00pm

FINALS

What times does the bronze final kick-off?
Date: Friday, November 1
UK: 9.00am
Tokyo: 6.00pm
NZ: 10.00pm

What times does the World Cup final kick-off?
Date: Saturday, November 2
UK: 9.00am
Tokyo: 6.00pm
NZ: 10.00pm

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JW 1 hour ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ok, managed to read the full article..

... New Zealand’s has only 14 and the professional season is all over within four months. In France, club governance is the responsibility of an independent organisation [the Ligue Nationale de Rugby or LNR] which is entirely separate from the host union [the Fédération Française de Rugby or FFR]. Down south New Zealand Rugby runs the provincial and the national game.

That is the National Provincial Championship, a competition of 14 representative union based teams run through the SH international window and only semi professional (paid only during it's running). It is run by NZR and goes for two and a half months.


Super Rugby is a competition involving 12 fully professional teams, of which 5 are of New Zealand eligibility, and another joint administered team of Pacific Island eligibility, with NZR involvement. It was a 18 week competition this year, so involved (randomly chosen I believe) extra return fixtures (2 or 3 home and away derbys), and is run by Super Rugby Pacific's own independent Board (or organisation). The teams may or may not be independently run and owned (note, this does not necessarily mean what you think of as 'privately owned').


LNR was setup by FFR and the French Government to administer the professional game in France. In New Zealand, the Players Association and Super Rugby franchises agreed last month to not setup their own governance structure for professional rugby and re-aligned themselves with New Zealand Rugby. They had been proposing to do something like the English model, I'm not sure how closely that would have been aligned to the French system but it did not sound like it would have French union executive representation on it like the LNR does.

In the shaky isles the professional pyramid tapers to a point with the almighty All Blacks. In France the feeling for country is no more important than the sense of fierce local identity spawned at myriad clubs concentrated in the southwest. Progress is achieved by a nonchalant shrug and the wide sweep of nuanced negotiation, rather than driven from the top by a single intense focus.

Yes, it is pretty much a 'representative' selection system at every level, but these union's are having to fight for their existence against the regime that is NZR, and are currently going through their own battle, just as France has recently as I understand it. A single focus, ala the French game, might not be the best outcome for rugby as a whole.


For pure theatre, it is a wonderful article so far. I prefer 'Ntamack New Zealand 2022' though.

The young Crusader still struggles to solve the puzzle posed by the shorter, more compact tight-heads at this level but he had no problem at all with Colombe.

It was interesting to listen to Manny during an interview on Maul or Nothing, he citied that after a bit of banter with the All Black's he no longer wanted one of their jersey's after the game. One of those talks was an eye to eye chat with Tamaiti Williams, there appear to be nothing between the lock and prop, just a lot of give and take. I thought TW angled in and caused Taylor to pop a few times, and that NZ were lucky to be rewarded.

f you have a forward of 6ft 8ins and 145kg, and he is not at all disturbed by a dysfunctional set-piece, you are in business.

He talked about the clarity of the leadership that helped alleviate any need for anxiety at the predicaments unfolding before him. The same cannot be said for New Zealand when they had 5 minutes left to retrieve a match winning penalty, I don't believe. Did the team in black have much of a plan at any point in the game? I don't really call an autonomous 10 vehicle they had as innovative. I think Razor needs to go back to the dealer and get a new game driver on that one.

Vaa’i is no match for his power on the ground. Even in reverse, Meafou is like a tractor motoring backwards in low gear, trampling all in its path.

Vaa'i actually stops him in his tracks. He gets what could have been a dubious 'tackle' on him?

A high-level offence will often try to identify and exploit big forwards who can be slower to reload, and therefore vulnerable to two quick plays run at them consecutively.

Yes he was just standing on his haunches wasn't he? He mentioned that in the interview, saying that not only did you just get up and back into the line to find the opposition was already set and running at you they also hit harder than anything he'd experienced in the Top 14. He was referring to New Zealands ultra-physical, burst-based Super style of course, which he was more than a bit surprised about. I don't blame him for being caught out.


He still sent the obstruction back to the repair yard though!

What wouldn’t the New Zealand rugby public give to see the likes of Mauvaka and Meafou up front..

Common now Nick, don't go there! Meafou showed his Toulouse shirt and promptly got his citizenship, New Zealand can't have him, surely?!?


As I have said before with these subjects, really enjoy your enthusiasm for their contribution on the field and I'd love to see more of their shapes running out for Vern Cotter and the like styled teams.

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