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2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches

2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches

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In July and August 2023, several rugby union national teams played matches in preparation for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Some of the matches involving Tier 1 and 2 nations were played under the Summer Nations Series branding.[citation needed]

Matches

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14 July 2023
15:00 TOT (UTC+13)
Tonga 27–21 Australia A
Try: Piutau 3' m
Inisi 11' c
Funaki 25' c
Takulua 33' m
Con: Havili (2/4) 12', 26'
Pen: Mausia (1/1) 76'
ReportTry: Toole 49' c
Anderson 60' c
Flook 71' c
Con: Foley (3/3) 50', 61', 72'
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa[1]
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dan Waenga (New Zealand)
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Notes:

  • Pita Ahki and Kyren Taumoefolau (both Tonga) made their international debuts.
  • This was the first international match Tonga played at home since 2017.

29 July 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Scotland 25–13 Italy
Try: Graham (2) 13' m, 56' c
Bayliss 80' c
Con: Healy (2/3) 57', 80+1'
Pen: Healy (2/2) 48', 74'
ReportTry: Ioane 62' c
Con: Allan (1/1) 63'
Pen: Allan (2/2) 26', 40+2'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh[2]
Attendance: 49,977
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
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29 July 2023
13:30 UYT (UTC-03)
Namibia 27–34 Argentina XV
Try: Van Jaarsveld (3) 35' m, 49' c, 65' c
Conradie 68' m
Con: Swanepoel (2/4) 50', 66'
Pen: Swanepoel (1/1) 5'
ReportTry: De la Vega Mendía 11' c
Bogado 16' c
González 21' m
Lavanini 25' c
Delguy 74' m
Con: De la Vega Mendía (3/5) 12', 17', 26'
Pen: De la Vega Mendía (1/1) 69'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay[3]
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

29 July 2023
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay 26–25 Chile
Try: Penalty try 12'
Basso 18' c
Ardao 29' m
Inciarte 74' c
Con: Etcheverry (2/3) 19', 75'
ReportTry: Martínez 46' m
Ayarza 69' c
Garafulic 80' c
Con: Videla (2/3) 70', 80'
Pen: Videla (2/2) 4', 27'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo[4]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
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Notes:

  • Cristobal Game (Chile) made his international debut.

5 August

5 August 2023
14:35 NZST (UTC+12)
New Zealand 23–20 Australia
Try: Stevenson 43' c
Finau 63' c
Con: McKenzie (1/1) 44'
Mo'unga (1/1) 64'
Pen: McKenzie (1/1) 13'
Mo'unga (2/2) 57', 79'
ReportTry: Koroibete 2' c
Hooper 6' c
Con: Gordon (2/2) 2', 7'
Pen: Gordon (1/2) 22'
Cooper (1/1) 72'
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin[5]
Attendance: 28,000[6]
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
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5 August 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Scotland 25–21 France
Try: Graham 43' c
Schoeman 54' c
Cherry 64' m
Con: Russell (2/3) 44', 55'
Pen: Russell (2/2) 5', 73'
ReportTry: Couilloud 12' c
Bielle-Biarrey 25' c
Woki 40+3' c
Con: Jalibert (3/3) 13', 26', 40+4'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh[7]
Attendance: 56,256
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
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5 August 2023
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Wales 20–9 England
Try: Davies 47' c
North 57' c
Con: Halfpenny (2/2) 48', 58'
Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 17', 25'
ReportPen: Smith (3/3) 7', 13', 40+2'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff[8]
Attendance: 65,802
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
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5 August 2023
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Romania 17–31 United States
Try: Surugiu 61' c
Sikuea 65' m
Simionescu 74' m
Con: Mureșan (1/3) 62'
ReportTry: Dolan 6' c
McCarthy 24' m
Dyer 38' c
Penalty try 46' m
Ryan 55' m
Con: Carty (2/4) 7', 40'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest[10][11]
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
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5 August 2023
20:00 IST (UTC+01)
Ireland 33–17 Italy
Try: Kilcoyne 12' c
Doris (2) 30' c, 73' c
McCloskey 36' c
Healy 65' m
Con: Crowley (3/4) 13', 31', 37'
Frawley (1/1) 74'
ReportTry: Pani 51' c
Menoncello 68' c
Con: Allan (2/2) 52', 69'
Pen: Allan (1/1) 3'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin[13]
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
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5 August 2023
16:10 AST (UTC-3)
Argentina 13–24 South Africa
Try: Bertranou 22' c
Con: Boffelli (1/1) 24'
Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 37', 52'
ReportTry: Mapimpi 42' c
Moodie 46' m
Con: Libbok (1/2) 43'
Pen: Libbok (4/7) 16', 59', 67', 72'
José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires[5]
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
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5 August 2023
18:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay 26–18 Namibia
Try: Deus (2) 15' c, 28' m
Arcos Pérez 48' c
D. Ardao 63' c
Con: Zuccarino (2/3) 16', 49'
Ormaechea (1/1) 64'
ReportTry: Rossouw 39' m
Conradie 42' m
Burger 71' m
Pen: Swanepoel (1/2) 37'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay[3]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
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5 August 2023
19:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile 13–40 Argentina XV
Try: D. Saavedra 23' c
Con: Urroz (1/1) 24'
Pen: Urroz (2/2) 4', 15'
ReportTry: Iriarte 18' c
Bosch (2) 32' c, 44' c
Oviedo 40' c
Cancelliere 52' m
Isgró 59' c
Con: De la Vega Mendía (5/6) 19', 33', 40', 44', 60'
Estadio Calvo y Bascuñán, Antofagasta[4]
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

10 August

10 August 2023
15:00 TOT (UTC+13)
Tonga 28–3 Canada
Try: Moli 4' c
Takulua 19' c
Vailanu (2) 40+3' c, 52' c
Con: Takulua (4/4) 5', 20', 40+4', 53'
ReportPen: Nelson (1/1) 11'
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa[17]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
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12 August

12 August 2023
19:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 56–6 Romania
Try: Aprasidze 3' c
Sharikadze 36' c
Chkoidze 39' m
Gachechiladze 41' c
Tabutsadze 45' c
Matkava 48' m
Mamukashvili 66' m
Lobzhanidze 78' c
Con: Matkava (5/8) 4', 37', 42', 46', 79'
Pen: Matkava (1/1) 12'
Aprasidze (1/1) 20'
Pen: Melinte (2/2) 1', 24'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi[19]
Attendance: 10,000[20]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
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Notes:

  • This was Georgia's biggest win over Romania, surpassing the 29-point difference set when they won 38–9 in 2016.
  • This was Romania's largest defeat to any Tier 2 nation, previously 37–0 to the United States set in 1924.

12 August 2023
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
England 19–17 Wales
Try: Itoje 67' c
Con: Ford (1/1) 68'
Pen: Farrell (3/3) 9', 40+2', 41'
Ford (1/1) 75'
ReportTry: Penalty try 59'
T. Williams 64' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 65'
Pen: O. Williams (1/1) 45'
Twickenham Stadium, London[8]
Attendance: 74,256[21]
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
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12 August 2023
21:05 CEST (UTC+02)
France 30–27 Scotland
Try: Ntamack 32' c
Penaud 42' c
Ollivon 44' c
Con: Ramos (3/3) 33', 43', 46'
Pen: Ramos (3/3) 8', 22', 79'
ReportTry: Steyn (2) 4' c, 74' m
Van der Merwe 62' m
Darge 67' c
Con: Russell (2/4) 6', 68'
Pen: Russell (1/1) 11'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne[7]
Attendance: 41,101[22]
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
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12 August 2023
21:00 WEST (UTC+01)
Portugal 46–20 United States
Try: Moura 15' c
Marta (2) 30' m, 64' m
Appleton 35' c
V. Pinto 50' c
Penalty try 69'
Martins 78' m
Con: Marques (2/4) 16', 36'
Sousa Guedes (1/2) 51'
Pen: Marques (1/1) 40'
ReportTry: Dolan 22' c
Penalty try 43'
Con: Carty (1/1) 23'
Pen: Carty (2/2) 10', 29'
Estádio Algarve, São João da Venda[11]
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
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12 August 2023
17:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile 26–28 Namibia
Try: Fernández 14' c
Ayarza 17' c
Sigren 39' m
D. Saavedra 57' c
Con: Videla (3/4) 15', 18', 58'
ReportTry: Greyling 20' c
Rossouw 59' c
Van der Westhuizen 64' c
A. Ludick 68' c
Con: Swanepoel (4/4) 20', 60', 65', 69'
Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso[4]
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
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Notes:

  • Esteban Inostroza (Chile) and Tiaan de Klerk (Namibia) made their international debuts.
  • This was the first meeting between these nations.

15 August

15 August 2023
15:00 TOT (UTC+13)
Tonga 36–12 Canada
Try: Sakalia (2) 4' c, 32' c
K. Taumoefolau (2) 18' m, 46' m
V. Fifita 24' c
Moli 73' m
Con: Takulua (3/5) 5', 25', 33'
ReportTry: Olson (2) 65' m, 78' c
Con: Nelson (1/2) 79'
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa[17]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
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Notes:

  • Tasi Feke, Christopher Halaʻufia, John Ika, Paula Latu, Vutulongo Puloka, Sione Tupou (all Tonga) and Gabe Casey (Canada) made their international debuts.

18/19 August

18 August 2023
20:45 CEST (UTC+02)
Samoa 28–14Barbarians
Try: Lee 21' m
Manu 48' c
Enari 55' c
Con: Sopoaga (2/3) 49', 56'
Pen: Sopoaga (2/2) 4', 40'
Leali'ifano (1/2) 59'
Try: Du Preez 63' c
Speight 76' c
Con: Williams (2/2) 64', 77'
Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde[23]
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
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18 August 2023
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay 33–13 Argentina XV
Try: Kessler (2) 1' m, 17' c
Ardao 54' c
Bianchi 57' c
Berchesi 80' c
Con: Etcheverry (3/4) 18', 54' 58'
Berchesi (1/1) 80'
ReportTry: Delguy 65' c
Con: De la Vega Mendía (1/1) 66'
Pen: De la Vega Mendía (2/2) 3', 11'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay[24]
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

19 August 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Wales 16–52 South Africa
Try: Parry 71' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 72'
Pen: Costelow (3/3) 8', 20', 24'
ReportTry: Marx 3' m
Moodie (2) 21' c, 60' c
Penalty try 33'
Kriel (2) 34' m, 51' c
Du Toit 58' c
Willemse 68' c
Con: Libbok (5/7) 23', 52', 59', 61', 69'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff[8]
Attendance: 68,511
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
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19 August 2023
19:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 22–7 United States
Try: Tabutsadze 11' m
Mamukashvili 28' c
Niniashvili 46' c
Con: Matkava (2/3) 29', 47'
Pen: Matkava (1/1) 60'
Try: De Haas 32' c
Con: Carty (1/1) 33'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi[26][11]
Attendance: 15,000[27]
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
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19 August 2023
17:30 IST (UTC+01)
Ireland 29–10 England
Try: Aki 9' c
Ringrose 39' m
Lowe 57' m
Hansen 62' m
Earls 73' c
Con: Byrne (1/4) 10'
Crowley (1/1) 74'
ReportTry: Sinckler 71' c
Con: Ford (1/1) 72'
Pen: Ford (1/2) 5'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin[28]
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
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Notes:

  • Keith Earls became the ninth Irishman to earn 100 test caps for his country.[29]

19 August 2023
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)
Italy 57–7 Romania
Try: Odogwu 7' m
Ioane 12' c
A. Garbisi 16' c
Capuozzo (2) 20' m, 54' m
Nicotera 27' c
Brex 44' c
Lamb 66' c
Halafihi 72' c
Con: P. Garbisi (6/9) 13', 17', 28', 44', 66', 73'
ReportTry: Penalty try 39' c
Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto[30]
Attendance: 9,122
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
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19 August 2023
21:05 CEST (UTC+02)
France 34–17 Fiji
Try: Mauvaka 30' c
Atonio 41' m
Macalou 59' c
Con: Jaminet (2/3) 31', 60'
Pen: Jaminet (5/5) 5', 7', 10', 42', 71'
ReportTry: Ikanivere 34' c
Radradra 51' c
Con: Muntz (2/2) 35', 52'
Pen: Muntz (1/1) 20'
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes[7]
Attendance: 32,583
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
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25–27 August

25 August 2023
19:30 BST (UTC+01)
New Zealand 7–35 South Africa
Try: Roigard 70' c
Con: Mo'unga (1/1) 71'
Try: Kolisi 17' c
Arendse 33' c
Marx 41' c
Mbonambi 58' c
Smith 66' c
Con: Libbok (5/5) 18', 34', 42', 60', 68'
Twickenham Stadium, London, England[31]
Attendance: 80,827[32]
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
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Notes:

  • This was New Zealand's heaviest-ever defeat (28 points), surpassing Australia's 21-point victories over New Zealand (1999, 2019).[33][34]

26 August 2023
16:00 CAT (UTC+02)
Namibia 30–43South Africa Bulls
Vegkop Stadium, Windhoek[35]

26 August 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
England 22–30 Fiji
Try: May 9' m
Smith 57' c
Marchant 68' c
Con: Ford (2/3) 58', 69'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 6'
ReportTry: Nayacalevu 43' c
Habosi 52' c
Kuruvoli 72' c
Con: Muntz (3/3) 44', 54', 74'
Pen: Muntz (3/3) 18', 56', 62'
Twickenham Stadium, London[36]
Attendance: 56,854[37]
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
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Notes:

  • This was England's first-ever defeat against a tier-two nation.[38]
  • This was Fiji's first-ever win against England.[39]
  • Courtney Lawes became the fifth Englishman to earn 100 test caps.[40]

26 August 2023
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)
Italy 42–21 Japan
Try: Varney 6' c
Ioane (3) 20' c, 56' m, 76' c
Page-Relo 80' c
Con: Allan (4/5) 7', 21', 77', 80'
Pen: Allan (3/3) 37', 46', 65'
ReportTry: Naikabula 16' m
Matsushima 52' c
Riley 71' m
Con: Matsuda (1/2) 53'
Pen: Lee Seung-sin (2/2) 34', 40'
Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso[41][42]
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
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Notes:

  • Amanaki Saumaki (Japan) made his international debut.

26 August 2023
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Scotland 33–6 Georgia
Try: van der Merwe (2) 46' c, 77' m
Darge 50' c
Dempsey 58' c
Steyn 68' c
Con: Russell (2/2) 47', 51'
Healy (2/3) 59', 69'
ReportPen: Matkava (2/2) 11', 20'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh[2]
Attendance: 54,212
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
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26 August 2023
20:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Portugal 17–30 Australia A
Try: Martins 21' c
Storti 32' c
Con: Marques (2/2) 22', 33'
Pen: Marques (1/2) 62'
ReportTry: Wright 2' m
Pietsch (2) 17' c, 44' m
Swinton 79' c
Con: Lonergan (1/3) 18'
Tuttle 80'
Pen: Lonergan (2/2) 69', 73'
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Massy, Essonne, France[43]
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)

26 August 2023
20:45 CEST (UTC+02)
Spain 3–62 Argentina
Pen: Vinuesa (1/1) 28'Try: Mallia 12' c
Sclavi 14' c
M. Carreras 24' c
Cubelli 34' c
Kremer 57' c
de la Fuente 58' c
Bogado (2) 63' c, 80' c
Isa 67' m
Con: Sánchez (7/9) 13', 15', 25', 35', 58', 64', 80'
Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 4'
Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid[44]
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

26 August 2023
21:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Ireland 17–13 Samoa
Try: O'Brien 8' c
Murray 51' m
Herring 64' m
Con: Crowley (1/3) 9'
ReportTry: Paia'aua 35' c
Con: Sopoaga (1/1) 36'
Pen: Sopoaga (2/2) 40', 46'
Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne, France
Attendance: 14,370[45]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
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26 August 2023
17:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile 26–28 Argentina XV
Try: Fernández 40' c
Saavedra 47' c
Con: S. Videla (2/2) 40', 48'
Pen: S. Videla (4/4) 4', 26', 32', 66'
ReportTry: Delguy 12' c
Castro 61' c
Gurovich 74' m
Con: de la Vega Mendía (2/3) 13', 62'
Pen: de la Vega Mendía (3/3) 18', 31', 45'
Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco[4]
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

27 August 2023
17:45 CEST (UTC+02)
France 41–17 Australia
Try: Danty 7' c
Penaud (2) 56' c, 74' c
Villière 63' m
Con: Ramos (2/3) 8', 58'
Jaminet (1/1) 76'
Pen: Ramos (4/4) 25', 28', 36', 54'
Jaminet (1/1) 80+1'
ReportTry: Nawaqanitawase 13' m
McReight 61' c
Vunivalu 78' m
Con: Gordon (1/3) 62'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000[46]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
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Notes:

See also


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