2025 Rugby Championship

2025 Rugby Championship
Date16 August – 4 October 2025
Countries Argentina
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
← 2024
2027 →

The 2025 Rugby Championship[a] is set to be the fourteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. South Africa are the defending champions[3] and kick off the tournament against Australia on 16 August.[4][5] The three traditional unions, also known as the Tri-Nations (SANZAR), announced their 2025 home fixtures in November and December 2024. A notable fixture is set to be played between Argentina and South Africa in the final round at Twickenham Stadium in London, exactly one week after the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Final.[6][7] It is the second time a Rugby Championship match has been played at Twickenham Stadium, after the Argentina/Australia test in 2016.[8]

It is also the last tournament before the beginning of the Nations Championship.[9]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: SANZAAR

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Participants

Team Stadium Coach Captain World Rugby Ranking
Home stadium Capacity Location Start End
 Argentina[b] Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000 Córdoba (vs. New Zealand) Felipe Contepomi TBA TBA
José Amalfitani Stadium 49,540 Buenos Aires (vs. New Zealand)
 Australia North Queensland Stadium 25,000 Townsville (vs. Argentina) Joe Schmidt TBA TBA
Perth Stadium 61,266 Perth (vs. New Zealand)
Sydney Football Stadium 42,500 Sydney (vs. Argentina)
 New Zealand Eden Park 60,000 Auckland Scott Robertson TBA TBA
Wellington Regional Stadium 34,500 Wellington (vs. South Africa)
 South Africa[b] Cape Town Stadium 58,310 Cape Town Rassie Erasmus TBA TBA
Ellis Park Stadium 62,357 Johannesburg
Kings Park Stadium 54,000 Durban

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The competition is known as the Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship in New Zealand,[1] the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in South Africa and the Flight Centre Rugby Championship in Australia,[2] for sponsorship reasons.
  2. ^ a b In Round 6 of the tournament, Argentina's home fixture against South Africa is hosted at Twickenham Stadium, London, a neutral venue for both teams.

References

  1. ^ "Taisho Pharmaceutical joins the New Zealand Rugby family". allblacks.com. New Zealand Rugby. 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ Bresaola, Riccardo (7 May 2025). "Flight Centre extend and expand Wallabies partnership". Sportcal.
  3. ^ Telfer, Alistair (28 September 2024). "South Africa win first Rugby Championship since 2019". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "SA Rugby confirm opponents for 2025 home Test schedule". ESPN. 28 November 2024. Archived from the original on 20 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Opponents and dates for 2025 home Tests confirmed". sarugby.co.za. South African Rugby Union. 27 November 2024. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Tait, Paul (27 February 2025). "Argentina Rugby Fixtures 2025". americasrugbynews.com. Americas Rugby News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "TRC 2025: Argentina To Play South Africa in London". super.rugby. SANZAAR. 12 February 2025. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Twickenham to host Argentina v Australia Rugby Championship clash". The Guardian. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Six Nations and Rugby Championship sides to play new biennial tournament". The Guardian. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b c McCartney, Damien (28 October 2024). "Bledisloe Cup returns to Perth as Wallabies 2025 home Tests confirmed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Nine Network. Archived from the original on 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Black Ferns and All Blacks 2025 home Test schedules confirmed". nzrugby.co.nz. New Zealand Rugby. 10 December 2024. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "All Blacks to take on Springboks in Eden Park blockbuster". Radio New Zealand. 10 December 2024. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  13. ^ Mutton, Troy (28 October 2024). "The Bledisloe Cup will be back in Perth next year, the only Cup match on Aussie soil in 2025!". Perth Is OK!. Archived from the original on 20 December 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.