What a pulsating final round of matches! England will play Fiji in the quarter-finals, despite Portugal pulling off a stunning upset against the Pacific Islanders to register their first-ever Rugby World Cup win.Â
At one point, it looked as though Eddie Jones’s Australia had a sniff of a place in the last eight with Fiji imploding against the Portuguese, but eventually losing by just one point ensured the Fijians would live to fight another day and sent the Wallabies home in ignominy.
Earlier on Sunday, Argentina claimed second place in England’s group by beating Japan to set up a quarter-final against Wales. The other two quarter-finals will see France take on South Africa and Ireland tackle New Zealand.
Today’s Rugby World Cup matches
How do I watch the Rugby World Cup on TV?
ITV have the exclusive broadcast rights in the UK. The channel for each match is listed below (the vast majority are on ITV1). You can read our guide to the 12 best pundits and commentators working at the tournament.Â
The radio commentary of every match is available only on the BBC, across Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds service.Â
In the US, the tournament is being shown on NBC Sports. In South Africa the TV coverage is on SuperSport.
Rugby World Cup 2023 full fixtures, results and schedule
All matches on ITV1 unless specified
Quarter-finals
Saturday, Oct 14 (QF1) – Wales v Argentina, Stade de Marseille, 4pmSaturday, Oct 14 (QF2) – Ireland v New Zealand, Stade de France, 8pmSunday, Oct 15 (QF3) – England v Fiji, Stade de Marseille, 4pmSunday, Oct 15 (QF4) – France v South Africa, Stade de France, 8pm
Semi-finals
Friday, Oct 20 – Winner QF1 v Winner QF2, Stade de France, 8pmSaturday, Oct 21 – Winner QF3 v Winner QF4, Stade de France, 8pm
Bronze medal match
Friday, Oct 27 – Runner-up SF 1 v Runner-up SF 2, Stade de France, 8pm
Final
Pool-stage results
Friday, Sept 8 – France 27 New Zealand 13Saturday, Sept 9 – Italy 52 Namibia 8Saturday, Sept 9 – Ireland 82 Romania 8Saturday, Sept 9 – Australia 35 Georgia 15Saturday, Sept 9 – England 27 Argentina 10Sunday, Sept 10 – Japan 42 Chile 12Sunday, Sept 10 – South Africa 18 Scotland 3Sunday, Sept 10 – Wales 32 Fiji 26Thursday, Sept 14 – France 27 Uruguay 12Friday, Sept 15 – New Zealand 71 Namibia 3Saturday, Sept 16 – Samoa 43 Chile 10Saturday, Sept 16 – Wales 28 Portugal 8Saturday, Sept 16 – Ireland 59 Tonga 16Sunday, Sept 17 – South Africa 76 Romania 0Sunday, Sept 17 – Australia 15 v Fiji 22Sunday, Sept 17 – England 34 Japan 12Wednesday, Sept 20 – Italy 38 Uruguay 17Thursday, Sept 21 – France 96 Namibia 0Friday, Sept 22 – Argentina 19 Samoa 10Saturday, Sept 23 – Georgia 18 Portugal 18Saturday, Sept 23 – England 71 Chile 0Saturday, Sept 23 – South Africa 8 Ireland 13Sunday, Sept 24 – Scotland 45 Tonga 17Sunday, Sept 24 – Wales 40 Australia 6Wednesday, Sept 27 – Uruguay 36 Namibia 26Thursday, Sept 28 – Japan 28 Samoa 22Friday, Sept 29 – New Zealand 96 Italy 17Saturday, Sept 30 – Argentina 59 Chile 5Saturday, Sept 30 – Fiji 17 Georgia 12Saturday, Sept 30 – Scotland 84 Romania 0Sunday, Oct 1 – Australia 34 Portugal 14Sunday, Oct 1 – South Africa 49 Tonga 18Thursday, Oct 5 – New Zealand 73 Uruguay 0Friday, Oct 6 – France 60 Italy 7Saturday, Oct 7 – Wales 43 Georgia 19Saturday, Oct 7 – England 18 Samoa 17Saturday, Oct 7 – Ireland 36 Scotland 14Sunday, Oct 8 – Japan 27 Argentina 39Sunday, Oct 8 – Tonga 45 Romania 24Sunday, Oct 8 – Fiji 23 Portugal 24
Where is the Rugby World Cup taking place?
The 2023 Rugby World Cup is being played in France across nine stadiums in nine cities. The final will be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris).
Stade de France (capacity 80,698) – Saint-Denis, ParisStade de Marseille  (67,394) – MarseilleOL Stadium (59,186) – LyonStade Pierre-Mauroy (50,186) – LilleStade de Bordeaux (42,115) – BordeauxStade Geoffroy-Guichard (41,965) – Saint-ÉtienneStade de Nice (35,624) – NiceStade de la Beaujoire (35,322) – NantesStade de Toulouse (33,150) – Toulouse
Who is playing?
A total of 20 teams qualified for the Rugby World Cup. These teams were split into four pools of five, with each pool getting one team from five ‘bands’.
Band one featured the four highest-ranked teams from when the draw for the tournament was made back in 2019 (South Africa, New Zealand, England, Wales). Band two comprised the next four highest-ranked teams (Ireland, Australia, France, Japan) and band three the four after that (Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy).
Each side in the first three bands qualified automatically for the tournament owing to their world ranking, while the further two bands comprised the sides who had made it into the tournament via qualifying (Samoa, Georgia, Uruguay, Tonga, Namibia, Romania, Chile, Portugal).
England, Ireland, Wales, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Fiji have qualified for the quarter-finals.
