| Hosts: France Dates: 8 September to twenty-eight October |
| Protection: Full commentary of each sport throughout BBC Radio 5 Stay and Radio 5 Stay Sports activities Additional, plus textual content updates on the BBC Sport web site and app. |
The tenth Rugby World Cup will happen in France from 8 September till 28 October.
You possibly can comply with stay commentary of all 48 matches throughout BBC Radio 5 Stay, Sports activities Additional, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport web site and the BBC Sport app.
There shall be stay textual content commentary, stay scores and studies of all of the video games on the BBC Sport web site.
Within the UK, the event shall be televised on ITV.
The Rugby Union Weekly podcast shall be accessible to obtain day by day and could have all of the information, debate and massive points from France.
The brand new Rugby Union Prime 10 podcast collection debating totally different points of the event’s historical past has additionally launched on BBC Sounds.
BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle will produce bespoke output for his or her groups.
When do the British and Irish groups play?
Wales tackle Portugal in Good at 16:45 BST and Eire face Tonga in Nantes at 20:00 BST on Saturday.
England play Japan in Good at 20:00 BST on Sunday.
Scotland have every week off.
Who’re the defending champions?
South Africa gained the final World Cup held in Japan in 2019, beating England 32-12 within the remaining in Yokohama.
Within the World Cup’s 36-year historical past, solely 4 international locations – New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England – have triumphed.
Who’re the favourites this 12 months?
Eire began the event because the world’s primary ranked staff adopted carefully by South Africa, France and New Zealand. Scotland had been fifth, forward of Argentina, whereas Fiji had been seventh following final month’s historic win over England at Twickenham.
England had been a lowly eighth, simply forward of Australia, whereas Wales had been tenth.
Chile, the one event debutants, had been the lowest-ranked staff at twenty second.
What swimming pools are England, Scotland, Wales and Eire in?
| Pool A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Uruguay, Namibia |
| Pool B: South Africa, Eire, Scotland, Tonga, Romania |
| Pool C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia, Portugal |
| Pool D: England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, Chile |
The World Cup draw – carried out in December 2020 – has generated a critical imbalance with event heavyweights South Africa, New Zealand, Eire and France all in its high half.
Whereas these groups are set to fulfill within the quarter-finals in Paris, Australia, Argentina, England and Wales look set to make up the final eight on the opposite facet of the draw.
The place are matches being performed?
Matches shall be performed throughout 9 host cities – Paris, Marseille, Good, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Lille, Saint-Etienne and Nantes.
Match guidelines
Groups obtain 4 factors for a win and two for a draw.
A bonus level is awarded for scoring 4 tries or for a defeat by seven factors or fewer.
The winner and runner-up in every pool qualify for the quarter-finals. If two groups are tied on the identical variety of factors, the winner of the match between these groups will undergo.
If groups are tied at full-time within the knockout levels, then the winner shall be decided via additional time, then sudden loss of life if there’s nonetheless no winner and eventually a kicking competitors if the scores are nonetheless tied.
World Cup fixture checklist
All instances are BST except acknowledged and are topic to alter. The BBC isn’t accountable for any modifications which may be made. Protection is simply accessible for UK customers
Friday, 8 September
Pool A: France 27-13 New Zealand (Stade de France)
Saturday, 9 September
Pool A: Italy 52-8 Namibia (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)
Pool B: Eire 82-8 Romania (Stade de Bordeaux)
Pool C: Australia 35-15 Georgia (Stade de France)
Pool D: England 27-10 Argentina (Stade de Marseille)
Sunday, 10 September
Pool D: Japan 42-12 Chile (Stade de Toulouse)
Pool B: South Africa 18-3 Scotland (Stade de Marseille)
Pool C: Wales 32-26 Fiji (Stade de Bordeaux)
Thursday, 14 September
Pool A: France v Uruguay (Stade Pierre-Mauroy), 20:00
Friday, 15 September
Pool A: New Zealand v Namibia (Stadium de Toulouse), 20:00
Saturday, 16 September
Pool D: Samoa v Chile (Stade de Bordeaux), 14:00
Pool C: Wales v Portugal (Stade de Good), 16:45
Pool D: Eire v Tonga (Stade de la Beaujoire), 20:00
Sunday, 17 September
Pool B: South Africa v Romania (Stade de Bordeaux), 14:00
Pool C: Australia v Fiji (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard), 16:45
Pool D: England v Japan (Stade de Good), 20:00
Wednesday, 20 September
Pool A: Italy v Uruguay (Stade de Good), 16:45
Thursday, 21 September
Pool A: France v Namibia (Stade de Marseille), 20:00
Friday, 22 September
Pool D: Argentina v Samoa (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard), 16:45pm
Saturday, 23 September
Pool C: Georgia v Portugal (Stadium de Toulouse), 13:00
Pool D: England v Chile (Stade Pierre-Mauroy), 16:45
Pool B: South Africa v Eire (Stade de France), 20:00
Sunday, 24 September
Pool B: Scotland v Tonga (Stade de Good), 16:45
Pool C: Wales v Australia (OL Stadium), 20:00
Wednesday, 27 September
Pool A: Uruguay v Namibia (OL Stadium), 16:45
Thursday, 28 September
Pool D: Japan v Samoa (Stade de Toulouse), 20:00
Friday, 29 September
Pool A: New Zealand v Italy (OL Stadium), 20:00
Saturday, 30 September
Pool D: Argentina v Chile (Stade de la Beaujoire), 14:00
Pool C: Fiji v Georgia (Stade de Bordeaux), 16:45
Pool B: Scotland v Romania (Stade Pierre-Mauroy), 20:00
Sunday, 1 October
Pool C: Australia v Portugal (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard), 16:45
Pool B: South Africa v Tonga (Stade de Marseille), 20:00
Thursday, 5 October
Pool A: New Zealand v Uruguay (OL Stadium), 20:00
Friday, 6 October
Pool A: France v Italy (OL Stadium), 20:00
Saturday, 7 October
Pool C: Wales v Georgia (Stade de la Beaujoire), 14:00
Pool D: England v Samoa (Stade Pierre-Mauroy), 16:45
Pool B: Eire v Scotland (Stade de France), 20:00
Sunday, 8 October
Pool D: Japan v Argentina (Stade de la Beaujoire), 12:00
Pool B: Tonga v Romania (Stade Pierre-Mauroy), 16:45
Pool C: Fiji v Portugal (Stade de Toulouse), 20:00
Knockout fixtures
Saturday, 14 October
Quarter-final 1: Winner Pool C v runner-up Pool D (Stade de Marseille), 16:00
Quarter-final 2: Winner Pool B v runner-up Pool A (Stade de France), 20:00
Sunday, 15 October
Quarter-final 3: Winner Pool D v runner-up Pool C (Stade de Marseille), 16:00
Quarter-final 4: Winner Pool 4 v runner-up Pool B (Stade de France), 20:00
Friday, 20 October
Semi-final 1: QF1 winner v QF2 winner (Stade de France), 20:00
Saturday, 21 October
Semi-final 2: QF3 winner v QF4 winner (Stade de France), 20:00
Friday, 27 October
Third-place match (Stade de France), 20:00
Saturday, 28 October
Remaining (Stade de France), 20:00
World Cup squads
Every head coach has named a 33-man squad which was submitted to World Rugby on 28 August. Adjustments might be made due to damage all through the event.