September 14, 2015
Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule
Doug Coil
September 18 – October 31, 2015
The Rugby World Cup 2015 is being held in England and Wales. Each team consists of 31 man rosters. Players may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but replacements can not play for 48 hours.
Universal Sports and NBC Sports Group Press Release August 5, 2015
“Universal Sports and NBC Sports will broadcast nine of the tournament’s 48 matches.
Universal Sports will broadcast LIVE coverage of seven matches, beginning on Friday, September 18 at 2 p.m. ET with the Opening Ceremony, followed by the first match of the tournament featuring host country England against Fiji. Universal Sports will also air LIVE coverage of all Team USA’s matches in pool play. NBC will broadcast the October 24 semi-final match one week before LIVE coverage of the World Cup Final on Saturday, October 31 at 12 p.m. ET.”
In addition to broadcast and cable TV coverage, all 48 of the tournament’s matches will be made available LIVE on a pay-per-view basis from leading cable, satellite, and IPTV providers.
For online viewing, LIVE streaming and on-demand access to all 48 matches will be available exclusively at UniversalSports.com/ as a subscription offering. Fans will be able to purchase a full-tournament package or individual matches online to watch via the web on desktop, mobile, and other connected TV devices on a pay-per-view basis.” Update: Since then Universal Sports the website has gone offline. Read about this development.
Pool A: Australia, England, Fiji, Uruguay, Wales
Pool B: Japan, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, USA
Pool C: Argentina, Georgia, Namibia, New Zealand, Tonga
Pool D: Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Romania
September 18 (Friday)
England v Fiji Pool A 3pm ET
September 19 (Saturday)
Tonga v Georgia Pool C 7am ET
Ireland v Canada Pool D 9:30am ET
South Africa v Japan Pool B 11:45am ET
France v Italy Pool D 3pm ET
September 20 (Sunday)
Samoa v USA Pool B 7am ET
Wales v Uruguay Pool A 9:30am ET
New Zealand v Argentina Pool C 1:45am ET
September 23 (Wednesday)
Scotland v Japan Pool B 9:30am ET
Australia v Fiji Pool A 11:45am ET
France v Romania Pool D 3pm ET
September 24 (Thursday)
New Zealand v Namibia Pool C 3pm ET
September 25 (Friday)
Argentina v Georgia Pool C 11:45am ET
September 26 (Saturday)
Italy v Canada Pool D 9:30am ET
South Africa v Samoa Pool B 11:45am ET
England v Wales Pool A 3pm ET
September 27 (Sunday)
Australia v Uruguay Pool A 7am ET
Scotland v USA Pool B 9:30am ET
Ireland v Romania Pool D 11:45am ET
September 29 (Tuesday)
Tonga v Namibia Pool C 11:45am ET
October 1 (Thursday)
Wales v Fiji Pool A 11:45am ET
France v Canada Pool D 3pm ET
October 2 (Friday)
New Zealand v Georgia Pool C 3pm ET
October 3 (Saturday)
Samoa v Japan Pool B 9:30am ET
South Africa v Scotland Pool B 11:45am ET
England v Australia Pool A 3pm ET
October 4 (Sunday)
Argentina v Tonga Pool C 9:30am ET
Ireland v Italy Pool D 11:45am ET
October 6 (Tuesday)
Canada v Romania Pool D 11:45am ET
Fiji v Uruguay Pool A 3pm ET
October 7 (Wednesday)
South Africa v USA Pool B 11:45am ET
Namibia v Georgia Pool C 3pm ET
October 9 (Friday)
New Zealand v Tonga Pool C 3pm ET
October 10 (Saturday)
Samoa v Scotland Pool B 9:30am ET
Australia v Wales Pool A 11:45am ET
England v Uruguay Pool A 3pm ET
October 11 (Sunday)
Argentina v Namibia Pool C 7am ET
Italy v Romania Pool D 9:30am ET
France v Ireland Pool D 11:45am ET
USA v Japan Pool B 3pm ET
Quarter Finals
October 17 (Saturday)
QF1 Pool B1 v Pool A2 11am ET
QF2 Pool C1 v Pool D2 3pm ET
October 18 (Sunday)
QF3 Pool D1 v Pool C2 8am ET
QF4 Pool A1 v Pool B2 11am ET
Semi Finals
October 24 (Saturday)
Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 11am ET
October 25 (Sunday)
Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 Noon ET
3rd Place
October 30 (Friday)
Loser SF1 v Loser SF2
Final
October 31 (Saturday)
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
