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The English Rugby fans would be hoping for a similar performance from their side as their National Cricket team did in 2019 Cricket World Cup. The 2003 World Champions will start their 2019 Rugby World Cup Campaign against Tonga on September 22, 2019 at 11:15 AM British Summer Time.
2019 Rugby World Cup will be hosted by Japan from September 20 to November 2, 2019 wherein 20 teams will play in the tournament, these teams will be divided into four groups of five teams each and in total 48 matches will be played in 12 different venues across Japan. The tournament will be contested in the round-robin and knock out format i.e. initially all teams will play four group stage matches and top two teams from each group will advance to Quarter-finals, four teams who will emerge as winners of these quarter-final matches will them move to Semi-final stage of the tournament and finally the winner from each of the two semifinal match will play the all-important final match.
Rugby World Cups are organized once in four years period by the Rugby Union which is the international governing body for the sport, the team winning the competition is crowned World Champions. So far eight world cups have been played and New Zealand won three world cup titles while Australia and South Africa won two apiece and England won the tournament once.
The sport of Rugby is very popular in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. England has won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and currently ranked fourth, therefore fans are hoping for another spectacular performance from them. As these teams are participating, a number of fans would like to know the match schedule as per their local time i.e British Summer Time, however, the matches will start as per Japan Standard Time (JST) which is nine hours ahead of GMT while the time in British Summer Time (BST) is one hour ahead of GMT. Accordingly, there will be a time difference of eight hours between JST and BST. Therefore, keeping in view such difference, we have provided you with the complete fixture of all the 48 matches the 2019 Rugby World Cup in British Summer Time (BST). Please note that the British Summer Time will be in use in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland from March 31, 2019, to October 27, 2019, accordingly, the schedule for the last three matches is given in Greenwich Mean Time.
The 2019 Rugby World Cup will start with its first match scheduled on September 20, 2019 at 11:45 AM British Summer Time (BST) in Tokyo between Russia and Japan. The final match of the tournament will be contested between two semi-final winners on November 2, 2019, at 9:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in Yokohama.
2019 Rugby World Cup Schedule in British Summer Time (BST)
| Match | Date (2019) |
Time (BST) | Teams | Stadium | Stage |
| 1. | September 20 | 11:45 AM | Japan (30) v (10) Russia | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Pool A |
| 2. | September 21 | 5:45 AM | Australia (39) v (21) Fiji | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo | Pool D |
| 3. | September 21 | 8:15 AM | France (23) v (21) Argentina | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Pool C |
| 4. | September 21 | 10:45 AM | New Zealand (23) v (13) South Africa | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Pool B |
| 5. | September 22 | 6:15 AM | Italy (47) v (22) Namibia | Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka | Pool B |
| 6. | September 22 | 8:45 AM | Ireland (27) v (3) Scotland | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Pool A |
| 7. | September 22 | 11:15 AM | England (35) v (3) Tonga | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo | Pool C |
| 8. | September 23 | 11:15 AM | Wales (43) v (14) Georgia | City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Pool D |
| 9. | September 24 | 11:15 AM | Russia (9) v (34) Samoa | Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya | Pool A |
| 10. | September 25 | 6:15 AM | Fiji (27) v (30) Uruguay | Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, Kamaishi | Pool D |
| 11. | September 26 | 8:45 AM | Italy (48) v (7) Canada | Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka | Pool B |
| 12. | September 26 | 11:45 AM | England (45) v (7) USA | Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe | Pool C |
| 13. | September 28 | 5:45 AM | Argentina (28) v (12) Tonga | Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka | Pool C |
| 14. | September 28 | 8:15 AM | Japan (19) v (12) Ireland | Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi | Pool A |
| 15. | September 28 | 10:45 AM | South Africa (57) v (3) Namibia | City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Pool B |
| 16. | September 29 | 6:15 AM | Georgia (33) v (7) Uruguay | Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya | Pool D |
| 17. | September 29 | 8:45 AM | Australia (25) v (29) Wales | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Pool D |
| 18. | September 30 | 11:15 AM | Scotland (34) v (0) Samoa | Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe | Pool A |
| 19. | October 2 | 8:45 AM | France (33) v (9) USA | Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka | Pool C |
| 20. | October 2 | 11:15 AM | New Zealand (63) v (0) Canada | Oita Stadium, Oita | Pool B |
| 21. | October 3 | 6:15 AM | Georgia (10) v (45) Fiji | Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka | Pool D |
| 22. | October 3 | 11:15 AM | Ireland (35) v (0) Russia | Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe | Pool A |
| 23. | October 4 | 10:45 AM | South Africa (49) v (3) Italy | Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi | Pool B |
| 24. | October 5 | 6:15 AM | Australia (45) v (10) Uruguay | Oita Stadium, Oita | Pool D |
| 25. | October 5 | 9:00 AM | England (39) v (10) Argentina | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Pool C |
| 26. | October 5 | 11:30 AM | Japan (38) v (19) Samoa | City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Pool A |
| 27. | October 6 | 5:45 AM | New Zealand (71) v (9) Namibia | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Pool B |
| 28. | October 6 | 8:45 AM | France (23) v (21) Tonga | Kumamoto Stadium, Kumamoto | Pool C |
| 29. | October 8 | 11:15 AM | South Africa (66) v (7) Canada | Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe | Pool B |
| 30. | October 9 | 5:45 AM | Argentina (47) v (17) USA | Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya | Pool C |
| 31. | October 9 | 8:15 AM | Scotland (61) v (0) Russia | Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi | Pool A |
| 32. | October 9 | 10:45 AM | Wales (29) v (17) Fiji | Oita Stadium, Oita | Pool D |
| 33. | October 11 | 11:15 AM | Australia (27) v (8) Georgia | Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi | Pool D |
| 34. | October 12 | 5:45 AM | New Zealand (0) v (0) Italy | City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Pool B |
| 35. | October 12 | 9:15 AM | England (0) v (0) France | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Pool C |
| 36. | October 12 | 11:45 AM | Ireland (47) v (5) Samoa | Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka | Pool A |
| 37. | October 13 | 4:15 AM | Namibia (0) v (0) Canada | Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, Kamaishi | Pool B |
| 38. | October 13 | 6:45 AM | USA (19) v (31) Tonga | Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka | Pool C |
| 39. | October 13 | 9:15 AM | Wales (35) v (13) Uruguay | Kumamoto Stadium, Kumamoto | Pool D |
| 40. | October 13 | 11:45 AM | Japan (28) v (21) Scotland | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Pool A |
| 41. | October 19 | 8:15 AM | England (40) v (16) Australia | Oita Stadium, Oita | Quarter-Finals |
| 42. | October 19 | 11:15 AM | New Zealand (46) v (14) Ireland | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Quarter-Finals |
| 43. | October 20 | 8:15 AM | Wales (20) v (19) France | Oita Stadium, Oita | Quarter-Finals |
| 44. | October 20 | 11:15 AM | Japan (3) v (26) South Africa | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Quarter-Finals |
| 45. | October 26 | 9:00 AM | England (19) v (7) New Zealand | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Semi-Finals |
| The timings of the below-mentioned matches are given in Greenwich Mean Time as the British Summer Time will be in use from March 31, 2019 to October 27, 2019. | |||||
| 46. | October 27 | 9:00 AM (GMT) | Wales (16) v (19) South Africa | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Semi-Finals |
| 47. | November 1 | 9:00 AM (GMT) | New Zealand (40) v (17) Wales | Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo | Bronze Final |
| 48. | November 2 | 9:00 AM (GMT) | England (12) v (32) South Africa | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | Final |
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