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 ]

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Matches

june

14 July 2023
15:00 TOT (UTC+13)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg27–21Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

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  Flag of Scotland.svg25–13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Try: Graham (2) 13' m, 56' c
Bayliss 80' c
Con: Healy (2/3) 57', 80+1'
Pen: Healy (2/2) 48', 74'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

29 July 2023
13:30 UYT (UTC-03)
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg27–34Flag of Argentina.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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  Flag of Uruguay.svg26–25Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Try: Penalty try 12'
Basso 18' c
Ardao 29' m
Inciarte 74' c
Con: Etcheverry (2/3) 19', 75'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August

5 August 2023
14:35 NZST (UTC+12)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg23–20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg25–21Flag of France.svg  France
Try: Graham 43' c
Schoeman 54' c
Cherry 64' m
Con: Russell (2/3) 44', 55'
Pen: Russell (2/2) 5', 73'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August 2023
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg20–9Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Davies 47' c
North 57' c
Con: Halfpenny (2/2) 48', 58'
Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 17', 25'		 Report Pen: Smith (3/3) 7', 13', 40+2'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff [8]
Attendance: 65,802
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Notes:

5 August 2023
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg17–31Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Try: Surugiu 61' c
Sikuea 65' m
Simionescu 74' m
Con: Mureșan (1/3) 62'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August 2023
20:00 IST (UTC+01)
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg33–17Flag of Italy.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August 2023
16:10 AST (UTC-3)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg13–24Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Try: Bertranou 22' c
Con: Boffelli (1/1) 24'
Pen: Boffelli (2/2) 37', 52'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

5 August 2023
18:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg26–18Flag of Namibia.svg  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'		 Report Try: Rossouw 39' m
Conradie 42' m
Burger 71' m
Pen: Swanepoel (1/2) 37'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay [3]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Notes:

5 August 2023
19:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg13–40Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina XV
Try: D. Saavedra 23' c
Con: Urroz (1/1) 24'
Pen: Urroz (2/2) 4', 15'		 Report Try: 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  Flag of Tonga.svg28–3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Try: Moli 4' c
Takulua 19' c
Vailanu (2) 40+3' c, 52' c
Con: Takulua (4/4) 5', 20', 40+4', 53'		 Report Pen: Nelson (1/1) 11'
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa [17]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Notes:

12 August

12 August 2023
19:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg56–6Flag of Romania.svg  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)

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  Flag of England.svg19–17Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Itoje 67' c
Con: Ford (1/1) 68'
Pen: Farrell (3/3) 9', 40+2', 41'
Ford (1/1) 75'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

12 August 2023
21:05 CEST (UTC+02)
France  Flag of France.svg30–27Flag of Scotland.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)
12 August 2023
21:00 WEST (UTC+01)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg46–20Flag of the United States.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

12 August 2023
17:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg26–28Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Try: Fernández 14' c
Ayarza 17' c
Sigren 39' m
D. Saavedra 57' c
Con: Videla (3/4) 15', 18', 58'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

15 August

15 August 2023
15:00 TOT (UTC+13)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg36–12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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'		 Report Try: Olson (2) 65' m, 78' c
Con: Nelson (1/2) 79'
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa [17]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Notes:

18/19 August

18 August 2023
20:45 CEST (UTC+02)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg28–14 Barbarians
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)
18 August 2023
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg33–13Flag of Argentina.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg16–52Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Try: Parry 71' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 72'
Pen: Costelow (3/3) 8', 20', 24'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

19 August 2023
19:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg22–7Flag of the United States.svg  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)
19 August 2023
17:30 IST (UTC+01)
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg29–10Flag of England.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

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  Flag of Italy.svg57–7Flag of Romania.svg  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'		 Report Try: Penalty try 39' c
Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto [30]
Attendance: 9,122
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
19 August 2023
21:05 CEST (UTC+02)
France  Flag of France.svg34–17Flag of Fiji.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

25–27 August

25 August 2023
19:30 BST (UTC+01)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7–35Flag of South Africa.svg  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)

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  Flag of Namibia.svg30–43 Flag of South Africa.svg Bulls
Vegkop Stadium, Windhoek [35]
26 August 2023
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
England  Flag of England.svg22–30Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Try: May 9' m
Smith 57' c
Marchant 68' c
Con: Ford (2/3) 58', 69'
Pen: Ford (1/1) 6'		 Report Try: 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)

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  Flag of Italy.svg42–21Flag of Japan.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

26 August 2023
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg33–6Flag of Georgia.svg  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'		 Report Pen: Matkava (2/2) 11', 20'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh [2]
Attendance: 54,212
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
26 August 2023
20:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg17–30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia A
Try: Martins 21' c
Storti 32' c
Con: Marques (2/2) 22', 33'
Pen: Marques (1/2) 62'		 Report Try: 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  Flag of Spain.svg3–62Flag of Argentina.svg  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  IRFU flag.svg17–13Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Try: O'Brien 8' c
Murray 51' m
Herring 64' m
Con: Crowley (1/3) 9'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

26 August 2023
17:00 CLT (UTC-04)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg26–28Flag of Argentina.svg  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'		 Report Try: 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  Flag of France.svg41–17Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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'		 Report Try: 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)

Notes:

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The 2022 mid-year rugby union internationals were international rugby union matches that were mostly played in the Southern Hemisphere during the July international window. For the first time since 2018 all leading Northern Hemisphere teams toured, following a cancelled calendar in 2020 and a largely reversed calendar in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International rugby league in 2022</span>

A list of men and women international rugby league matches played throughout 2022 and does not include wheelchair rugby league international matches. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings.

The 2022 end of year rugby union tests, also known as the 2022 Autumn internationals, were a number of rugby union test matches played during the months of October and November. Some of the games were known as the Autumn Nations Series for marketing purposes. Also involved in matches were some second-tier teams. These international games count towards World Rugby's ranking system, with a team typically playing from two to four matches during this period.

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