03 Sep Rugby World Cup
The 20th September is approaching, which means so is the Rugby World Cup! *Cue cheers and sounds of beer glasses clinking together* The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be hosted by Japan. As our Managing Director is a Kiwi (Whaaaat? The MD of Kiwi Recruitment is from New Zealand? No way), we will be supporting the New Zealand team as well as England.
New Zealand will be taking on South Africa on Saturday 21st September at 10:45 (UK time) for their first match. After this, the New Zealand matches will be as follows:
- Wednesday 2nd October – New Zealand V Canada (16:45)
- Sunday 6th October – New Zealand V Namibia (13:45)
- Saturday 12th October – New Zealand V Italy (13:45)
England’s matches, on the other hand, are as follows:
- Sunday 22nd September – England V Tonga (11:15)
- Thursday 26nd September – England V USA (11:45)
- Saturday 5th October – England V Argentina (9:00)
- Saturday 12th October – England V France (9:15)
The rugby world rankings are constantly changing, but you can keep up to date here.
New Zealand have three consecutive players featured in the All Time Player Stats Board: Daniel Carter, Grant Fox and Andrew Mehrtens. Mehrtens has scored a total of 163 points, Fox a total of 170, whilst Daniel Carter is 4th on the scoreboard at 191 total points scored. New Zealand tie with Australia in having the most players on the board (3), whilst England’s Jonny Wilkinson comes in at the top, having scored an impressive 277 points.
HOWEVER – might we interject – not only is England number one on the All Time Player Stats Board, New Zealand is number one on the All Time Team Stats. New Zealand has scored a whopping total of 2,302 points, with Australia coming in second with 1,645 points.
Anyhow, this season looks to be exciting, and we can’t wait for it to start!
Find the entire match schedule below.
| MATCH NO | DATE | POOL | MATCH |
| 0 | Friday, Sept. 20 | – | Opening Ceremony |
| 1 | Friday, Sept. 20 | A | Japan vs. Russia |
| 2 | Saturday, Sept. 21 | D | Australia vs. Fiji |
| 3 | Saturday, Sept. 21 | C | France vs. Argentina |
| 4 | Saturday, Sept. 21 | B | New Zealand vs. South Africa |
| 5 | Sunday, Sept. 22 | B | Italy vs. Namibia |
| 6 | Sunday, Sept. 22 | A | Ireland vs. Scotland |
| 7 | Sunday, Sept. 22 | C | England vs. Tonga |
| 8 | Monday, Sept. 23 | D | Wales vs. Georgia |
| 9 | Tuesday, Sept. 24 | A | Russia vs. Samoa |
| 10 | Wednesday, Sept. 25 | D | Fiji vs. Uruguay |
| 11 | Thursday, Sept. 26 | B | Italy vs. Canada |
| 12 | Thursday, Sept. 26 | C | England vs. United States |
| 13 | Saturday, Sept. 28 | C | Argentina vs. Tonga |
| 14 | Saturday, Sept. 28 | A | Japan vs. Ireland |
| 15 | Saturday, Sept. 28 | B | South Africa vs. Namibia |
| 16 | Sunday, Sept. 29 | D | Georgia vs. Uruguay |
| 17 | Sunday, Sept. 29 | D | Australia vs. Wales |
| 18 | Monday, Sept. 30 | A | Scotland vs. Samoa |
| 19 | Wednesday, Oct. 2 | C | France vs. United States |
| 20 | Wednesday, Oct. 2 | B | New Zealand vs. Canada |
| 21 | Thursday, Oct. 3 | D | Georgia vs. Fiji |
| 22 | Thursday, Oct. 3 | A | Ireland vs. Russia |
| 23 | Friday, Oct. 4 | B | South Africa vs. Italy |
| 24 | Saturday, Oct. 5 | D | Australia vs. Uruguay |
| 25 | Saturday, Oct. 5 | C | England vs. Argentina |
| 26 | Saturday, Oct 5 | A | Japan vs. Samoa |
| 27 | Sunday, Oct. 6 | B | New Zealand vs. Namibia |
| 28 | Sunday, Oct. 6 | C | France vs. Tonga |
| 29 | Tuesday, Oct. 8 | B | South Africa vs. Canada |
| 30 | Wednesday, Oct. 9 | C | Argentina vs. United States |
| 31 | Wednesday, Oct. 9 | A | Scotland vs. Russia |
| 32 | Wednesday, Oct. 9 | D | Wales vs. Fiji |
| 33 | Friday, Oct. 11 | D | Australia vs. Georgia |
| 34 | Saturday, Oct. 12 | B | New Zealand vs. Italy |
| 35 | Saturday, Oct. 12 | C | England vs. France |
| 36 | Saturday, Oct 12 | A | Ireland vs. Samoa |
| 37 | Sunday, Oct. 13 | B | Namibia vs. Canada |
| 38 | Sunday, Oct. 13 | C | United States vs. Tonga |
| 39 | Sunday, Oct. 13 | D | Wales vs. Uruguay |
| 40 | Sunday, Oct. 13 | A | Japan vs. Scotland |
| 41 | Saturday, Oct. 19 | – | QF1: W Pool C vs. RU Pool D |
| 42 | Saturday, Oct. 19 | – | QF2: W Pool B vs. RU Pool A |
| 43 | Sunday, Oct. 20 | – | QF3: W Pool D vs. RU Pool C |
| 44 | Sunday, Oct. 20 | – | QF4: W Pool A vs. RU Pool B |
| 45 | Saturday, Oct. 26 | – | SF1: W QF1 vs. W QF2 |
| 46 | Sunday, Oct. 27 | – | SF2: W QF3 vs. W QF4 |
| 47 | Friday, Nov. 1 | – | Bronze final |
| 48 | Saturday, Nov. 2 | – | Final |
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