he Rugby World Cup is in full swing with England making a formidable begin to life in Pool D over the weekend.
Steve Borthwick’s facet appeared on the right track for an additional depressing night in Marseille on Saturday after returning flanker Tom Curry’s third-minute yellow card for head-on-head contact with Pumas full-back Juan Cruz Mallia was upgraded to crimson following a bunker overview.
But bodily England had been glorious thereafter, with George Ford kicking all of their factors - together with three drop objectives in seven first-half minutes - en path to a formidable 27-10 victory that has silenced their critics and given the marketing campaign actual lift-off.
Elsewhere over the primary three days of motion in France, the hosts kicked off their bid for a primary title with a rousing defeat of New Zealand’s All Blacks on opening night time and defending champions South Africa outmuscled Scotland in Paris.
Wales survived an enormous problem from Fiji amid some refereeing complaints, whereas Ireland ran 12 tries previous Romania and Australia dismissed Georgia for his or her first win of Eddie Jones’ second spell in cost.
Italy thumped Namibia and Japan got a strong take a look at by debutants Chile earlier than easing to victory in Toulouse. Here are all the most recent outcomes and fixtures for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
All occasions BST, except said
Pool A
Friday, September 8
France 27-13 New Zealand
Saturday, September 9
Italy 52-8 Namibia
Thursday, September 14
France vs Uruguay (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 8pm, ITV4)
Friday, September 15
New Zealand vs Namibia (Stadium de Toulouse, 8pm, ITV4)
Wednesday, September 20
Italy vs Uruguay (Stade de Nice, 4:45pm, ITV4)
Thursday, September 21
France vs Namibia (Stade Velodrome, 8pm, ITV4)
Wednesday, September 27
Uruguay vs Namibia (OL Stadium, 4:45pm, ITV4)
Friday, September 29
New Zealand vs Italy (OL Stadium, 8pm, ITV1)
Thursday, October 5
New Zealand vs Uruguay (OL Stadium, 8pm, ITV1)
Friday, October 6
France vs Italy (OL Stadium, 8pm, ITV1)
Pool B
Saturday, September 9
Ireland 82-8 Romania
Sunday, September 10
South Africa 18-3 Scotland
Saturday, September 16
Ireland vs Tonga (Stade de la Beaujoire, 8pm, ITV1)
Sunday, September 17
South Africa vs Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, 2pm, ITV1)
Saturday, September 23
South Africa vs Ireland (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Sunday, September 24
Scotland vs Tonga (Stade de Nice, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Saturday, September 30
Scotland vs Romania (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 8pm, ITV)
Sunday, October 1
South Africa vs Tonga (Stade Velodrome, 8pm, ITV1)
Saturday, October 7
Ireland vs Scotland (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Sunday, October 8
Tonga vs Romania (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 4:45pm, ITV3)
Pool C
Saturday, September 9
Australia 35-15 Georgia
Sunday, September 10
Wales 32-26 Fiji
Saturday, September 16
Wales vs Portugal (Stade de Nice, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Sunday, September 17
Australia vs Fiji (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Saturday, September 23
Georgia vs Portugal (Stadium de Toulouse, 1pm, ITV1)
Sunday, September 24
Wales vs Australia (OL Stadium, 8pm, ITV1)
Saturday, September 30
Fiji vs Georgia (Stade de Bordeaux, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Sunday, October 1
Australia vs Portugal (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Saturday, October 7
Wales vs Georgia (Stade de la Beaujoire, 2pm, ITV1)
Sunday, October 8
Fiji vs Portugal (Stadium de Toulouse, 8pm, ITV4)
Pool D
Saturday, September 9
England 27-10 Argentina
Sunday, September 10
Japan 42-12 Chile
Saturday, September 16
Samoa vs Chile (Stade de Bordeaux, 2pm, ITV4)
Sunday, September 17
England vs Japan (Stade de Nice, 8pm, ITV1)
Friday, September 22
Argentina vs Samoa (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Saturday, September 23
England vs Chile (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Thursday, September 28
Japan vs Samoa (Stadium de Toulouse, 8pm, ITV4)
Saturday, September 30
Argentina vs Chile (Stade de la Beaujoire, 2pm, ITV1)
Saturday, October 7
England vs Samoa (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, 4:45pm, ITV1)
Sunday, October 8
Japan vs Argentina (Stade de la Beaujoire, 12pm, ITV1)
Quarter-finals
Saturday, October 14
Winner of Pool C vs Runner-up of Pool D (Stade Velodrome, 4pm, ITV1)
Winner of Pool B vs Runner-up of Pool A (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Sunday, October 15
Winner of Pool D vs Runner-up of Pool C (Stade Velodrome, 4pm, ITV1)
Winner of Pool A vs Runner-up of Pool B (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Semi-finals
Friday, October 20
Winner of quarter-final 1 vs Winner of quarter-final 2 (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Saturday, October 21
Winner of quarter-final 3 vs Winner of quarter-final 4 (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Bronze remaining
Friday, October 27
Loser of semi-final 1 vs Loser of semi-final 2 (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Final
Saturday, October 28
Winner of semi-final 1 vs Winner of semi-final 2 (Stade de France, 8pm, ITV1)
Stade de France, Paris (capability 80,023)
Stade Velodrome, Marseille (capability 67,847)
OL Stadium, Lyon (capability 58,883)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille (capability 50,096)
Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (capability 42,115)
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne (capability 41,965)
Stade de Nice, Nice (capability 35,983)
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (capability 35,520)
Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse (capability 33,150)
Winner
South Africa - 13/5
France - 3/1
New Zealand - 7/2
Ireland - 5/1
England - 9/1
Australia - 10/1
Wales - 30/1
Argentina - 30/1
Scotland - 60/1
Fiji - 60/1
Japan - 300/1
Italy - 500/1
Samoa - 500/1
Tonga - 500/1
Georgia - 500/1
Namibia - 500/1
Romania - 500/1
Uruguay - 500/1
Chile - 500/1
Portugal - 500/1
Odds through Betfair (topic to vary).
Please share by clicking this button!
Visit our site and see all other available articles!