It will be the first day of the Rugby World Cup, focusing on newcomers, competition between favorites and Cinderellas, and important matches on their first outing. From Chile, who will have to play all their cards in the most likely match against Japan, to Scotland, who play the reigning world champions in the next round.
After the France-All Blacks matches and the Azzurri debut in Saint-Etienne, it will be the turnTomorrow at 15:30 the Republic of Ireland travel to the Stade de Bordeaux against sad Romania. Not very encouraging results for Oak treeswhere the best team in the world will take to the field in the starting XV.
At 6pm the situation is anything but clear for Wallabies Eddie Jones, who face Georgia at the Stade de France. Australia is ending a very negative streak that has lasted more than a year, and this could be a good thing for the fans. Lelos. It will end at 21:00 with the England-Argentina match at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. The Red Rose showed more doubt than confidence in the match against Fiji, and the match against the Pumas will be a step towards the quarter-finals. Mikhail Cheika, as usual, shows a little bit of Italy: Leo Tomas Gallo, Rovigo Lautaro Bazan Velez and former Zebre Eduardo Bello.
On Sunday, Japan opens the day’s matches in Toulouse ahead of Chile, led by Pablo Leomin, making their World Cup debut. Sakura The favorites, although lower than four years ago, are convinced that they can repeat the feat of the last World Cup. At 17:45 in Marseille, the main match of the day between South Africa and Scotland will be a test that could already cost a place in the quarter-finals. Finishing things off at 9pm is an unpredictable match in Bordeaux between Wales and Fiji, with Gatland’s men still in dire straits and the Islanders fully recovered and very hostile.
All the challenges of the first weekend of the 2023 Rugby World Cup:
8 September
France-New Zealand, opening match, Group A
21:00 live on Sky Sport/Sky Sport Arena/Rai Sport/NOW.
9th of September
Italy – Namibia, Group A
hour At 13:00 live on Rai 2/Sky Sport/NOW
Ireland – Romania, Group B
3.30pm live on Sky Sport/NOW.
Australia v Georgia Group C
6pm live on Sky Sport/NOW.
England – Argentina, Group D
At 21:00 live on SkySport/NOW/Rai Sport.
10 September
Japan – Chile, Group D
at 13:00 live on Sky Sport.
South Africa – Scotland, Group B
17:45 live on Sky Sport Arena/Rai Sport/NOW
Wales v Fiji, Group C
21:00 live on Sky Sport Arena/NOW
Ireland v Romania, Group B, September 9, 15.30
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan; 14 Keith Earls, 13 Harry Ringrose, 12 Bundy Aki, 11 James Lowe; 10 Johnny Sexton (captain), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 1 Andrew Porter, 2 Rob Herring, 3 Thad Furlong; 4 Joe McCarthy, 5 James Ryan; 6 Tadhg Beirne, 7 Peter O’Mahony, 8 Caelan Doris.
Shop: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Ian Henderson, 20 Josh Van der Flier, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Robbie Henshaw.
Romania: 15 Marius Simionescu; 14 Nicholas Onutu, 13 Fonovai Tangimana, 12 Jason Tomane, 11 Tevita Manumua; 10 Hinckley Vaovasa, 9 Gabriel Rupanu; 1 Julian Hartig, 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru, 3 Alexandru Gordas; 4 Adrian Motoc, 5 Stefan Iancu; 6 Florian Rosu, 7 Vlad Nekulau, 8 Cristi Chirica (captain).
Shop: 16 Florin Bardasu, 17 Alexander Savin, 18 Gheorghe Gaion, 19 Marius Iftimichuk, 20 Dragos Ser, 21 Alin Konash, 22 Tudor Boldor, 23 Taylor Gontinyak.
Stade de Bordeaux
Judge: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Helpers: Wayne Barnes (England), Andrea Piardi (Italy)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Australia – Georgia, Group C, September 9, 18.00
Australia: 15 Ben Donaldson, 14 Mark Navaganitawase, 13 Jordan Petaia, 12 Samu Kerevi, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Carter Gordon, 9 Tate McDermott, 8 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McCright, 6 Tom Hooper, 5 Will Skelton (c), 4 Ritchie Arnold , 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 David Poretsky, 1 Angus Bell
Shop: 16 Matt Fessler, 17 Blake Schupp, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Rob Leota, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Nick White, 22 Lalakai Foketi, 23 Suliasi Vunivalu
Georgia: 15 David Niniashvili, 14 Akaki Tabutsadze, 13 Demur Tapadze, 12 Merab Sharikadze (c), 11 Miriani Modebadze, 10 Luka Matkava, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka Gorgadze, 7 Luka Ivanishvili, 6 Tornike Jalagonia, 5 Konstantin Mikautadze, 4 Nodar Cheishvili , 3 Guram Papidze, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 1 Nika Abuladze
Shop: 16 Tengizi Zamtaradze, 17 Guram Gogichashvili, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Lasha Jaiani, 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze, 21 Gela Aprasidze, 22 Tedo Abzhandadze, 23 Giorgi Kveseladze
Stade de France, Paris
Judge: Luke Pearce (England)
Helpers: James Doleman (New Zealand), Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Brian McNeice (Ireland)
England – Argentina, Group D, September 9, 21:00.
England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Jonny May, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Courtney Lawes (c), 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje , 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George, 1 Ellis Genge
Shop: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stewart, 19 George Martin, 20 Lewis Ludlam, 21 Danny Care, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Ollie Lawrence
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Malla, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertrano, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Marcos Cremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Francisco Gomez Codela, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Tomas Gallo
Shop: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Rodrigo Bruni, 22 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23 Matias Moroni
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Judge: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Helpers: Ben O’Keefe (New Zealand), Pierre Brousset (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Japan – Chile, Group D, September 10, 13:00
Japan: 15 Semishi Masireva, 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Ryoto Nakamura, 11 Jone Nykabula, 10 Rikiya Matsuda, 9 Yutaka Nagare; 8 Kazuki Himeno (captain), 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Amato Fakatawa, 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Gu Jiwon, 2 Atsushi Sakate, 1 Keita Inagaki.
Shop: 16 Shota Hori, 17 Craig Millar, 18 Asaeli Ai Walu, 19 Warner Dirns, 20 Shota Fukui, 21 Naoto Saito, 22 Tomoki Osada, 23 Lomano Lemeki.
Chile: 15 Inaki Ayarza, 14 Santiago Videla, 13 Domingo Saavedra, 12 Matias Garafulic, 11 Franco Velarde, 10 Rodrigo Fernandez, 9 Marcelo Torrealba; 8 Alfonso Escobar, 7 Raimundo Martinez, 6 Martin Seagren (captain), 5 Javier Eissmann, 4 Clemente Saavedra, 3 Matias Dittus, 2 Diego Escobar, 1 Javier Carrasco.
Shop: 16 Augusto Boehme, 17 Salvador Lues, 18 Inaki Gurruchaga, 19 Pablo Huete, 20 Santiago Pedrero, 21 Ignacio Silva, 22 Lucas Carvallo, 23 Jose Ignacio Larenas
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Referee: Nick Berry (Australia)
assistants: Carl Dixon (England), Andrea Piardi (Italy)
TMO: Tom Foley (England)
South Africa v Scotland, Group B, 10 September, 17:45.
South Africa: 15 Damian Willems; 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe; 10 Money Libbock, 9 Faf de Klerk; 1 Steven Kitshoff, 2 Malcolm Marx, 3 France Malherbe, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 5 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 7 Pieter-Steph Du Toit, 8 Jasper Wiese.
Shop: 16 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 R.G. Snyman, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Duane Vermeulen, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Willie le Roux.
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Doohan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schumann
Shop: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 W.P. Nel, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Ali Price, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Ollie Smith
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Judge: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Helpers: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia), Jordan Way (Australia)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Wales v Fiji, Group C, September 10, 21:00.
Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 George North, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Jack Morgan (c), 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Thomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Gareth Thomas
Shop: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Dafydd Jenkins, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Rio Dyer
Fiji: 15 Ilaisa Droasese, 14 Celestino Ravutaumada, 13 Vaisea Nayakalevu (c), 12 Semi Radradra, 11 Vinaya Habosi, 10 Teti Tela, 9 Frank Lomani, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Lekima Tagitagivalu, 6 Albert Tuisue, 5 Te Ahivaru Chirikidaweta, 4 Isoa Nasilasila, 3 Luke Taghi, 2 Samuel Matavesi, 1 Eroni Mavi
Shop: 16 Tevita Ikanivere, 17 Peni Rawai, 18 Mesake Doge, 19 Temo Mayanavanua, 20 Levani Botia, 21 Simione Kuruvoli, 22 Joshua Tuisova, 23 Sireli Makala
Stade de Bordeaux
Judge: Matthew Carley (RFU)
Helpers: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Christophe Ridley (RFU)
TMO: Brian McNeice (IRFU)