Looking for rugby union fixtures? This in-depth guide lists upcoming matches around the world and, if available, where you’ll be able to watch them.

It includes rugby fixtures such as the Rugby Championship, the Gallagher PREM, the Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship. You’ll also find details of the men’s and women’s Six Nations and other rugby fixtures.

S4C’s historic partnership with the URC has been extended until 2027, ensuring the league remains available on free-to-air television in the UK.

The Welsh language broadcaster will also broadcast all of Wales’ matches in the Nations Championship over the next four years. Coverage begins on Saturday 4 July, when Wales face Fiji in Cardiff, followed by Tests in Argentina on 11 July and South Africa on 18 July.

Champ Rugby has a multi-year streaming partnership with Clubber TV to broadcast all games for the 2025-26 season. All 182 league matches across the season, plus the play-offs, will be streamed, giving fans access to live match-day coverage and an on-demand game archive.

In the UK, Premier Sports will make every match of the World Rugby Junior Championship in Georgia – which runs from 27 June to 18 July – available live. In total, Premier Sports will broadcast 40 live games from the tournament for rugby fans in the UK and Ireland.

Premier Sports has also launched a dedicated over-the-top (OTT) streaming service in Canada, giving Canadian rugby fans nationwide access to some of the world’s most prestigious international and club rugby competitions for the first time in one place.

The new service will stream every match of the Men’s Six Nations, U20 Six Nations, the Nations Championship live and on-demand, alongside extensive coverage of southern hemisphere rugby, including SANZAAR international tour matches and Super Rugby Pacific.

Virgin Media Television has become the free-to-air home for the Nations Championship in Ireland. It will offer all 42 fixtures from each edition of the new tournament in 2026 and 2028. It joins ITV (UK), TF1 (France) and Sky Italia (Italy) as an exclusive broadcast partner.

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) is the official broadcast partner for the 2026 Inter-Services Rugby Championship, delivering comprehensive coverage of both the men’s and women’s competitions this spring.

FR-UK, a French Rugby YouTube channel set up by Joe Worsley, Tim Cocker, Dougie Andrews and James Lewis, have the rights to the Pro D2 in the UK and Ireland – they are streaming each week’s Thursday evening game live.

There are many options to watch rugby fixtures on TV around the world, with tournaments spread across various broadcasters and streaming services in different countries. We’ll keep you updated with links to guides on how to watch matches from the big competitions.


Rugby union fixtures

All kick-off times/dates UK and Ireland

FRI 26-SUN 28 JUNE

Rugby Europe Trophy Series

  • Second leg: Chisinau, Moldova

SATURDAY 27 JUNE

U20 World Championship

  • Argentina v USA (10am, Tbilisi)
  • Italy v Scotland (10am, Kutaisi)
  • England v Ireland (12.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • New Zealand v Japan (12.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Wales v Georgia (3pm, Tbilisi)
  • France v Fiji (3pm, Kutaisi)
  • South Africa v Uruguay (5.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • Australia v Spain (5.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Every match live on Premier Sports

French Top 14 Final

  • Toulouse v Montpellier (8pm, Stade de France) Live on Premier Sports

International Double Header

  • Men: Barbarians v Wales (2pm) Live on S4C
  • Women: Barbarians v Wales (5pm) Live on S4C
  • Both games at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Men’s International

  • Japan v Maori All Blacks (11.05am, Nagoya)

SAT 27-SUN 28 JUNE

Beach Rugby

  • Chinese National Beach Rugby Tournament (Wan Zhuhai)

SUNDAY 28 JUNE

Premiership Women’s Rugby Final

  • Trailfinders v Saracens (3pm, Twickenham Stoop) Live on TNT Sports

THURSDAY 2 JULY

U20 World Championship

  • Argentina v USA (10am, Tbilisi)
  • Wales v Uruguay (10am, Tbilisi)
  • France v Spain (10am, Kutaisi)
  • Argentina v Ireland (12.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • Australia v Fiji (12.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • England v USA (3pm, Tbilisi)
  • New Zealand v Scotland (3pm, Kutaisi)
  • South Africa v Georgia (5.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • Italy v Japan (5.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Every match live on Premier Sports

THU 2-SUN 5 JULY

Sevens Tournament

  • Heart of Wales Sevens (Llanidloes, Powys)

FRI 3-SUN 5 JULY

Rugby Europe Sevens Championships

  • First leg: Hamburg, Germany

SATURDAY 4 JULY

Nations Championship

  • New Zealand v France (8.10am, Christchurch)
  • Japan v Italy (9.40am, Tokyo)
  • Australia v Ireland (11.10am, Sydney)
  • Fiji v Wales (2.10pm, Cardiff City Stadium) Live on S4C
  • South Africa v England (4.40pm, Johannesburg)
  • Argentina v Scotland (8.10pm, Cordoba)
  • All live on ITV & STV

Nations Cup

  • Uruguay v Georgia (6pm, Montevideo)
  • Samoa v Hong Kong (8pm, Santiago)
  • Chile v Romania (11pm, Santiago)
  • Tonga v Zimbabwe (11.45pm, Colorado)

Women’s International

  • South Africa v USA (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)

Sevens Tournaments

  • Chiswick RFC Sevens
  • Ilkley Summer Sevens

Tens Tournament

  • ALF 10s (Westcliff RFC, Rochford)

SAT 4-SUN 5 JULY

Sevens Tournaments

  • Geneva International Sevens
  • Asia Rugby Clubs Cup (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

SUNDAY 5 JULY

Nations Cup

  • USA v Portugal (2am, Colorado)
  • Canada v Spain (2am, Edmonton)

TUESDAY 7 JULY

U20 World Championship

  • Ireland v USA (10am, Tbilisi)
  • New Zealand v Italy (10am, Kutaisi)
  • Argentina v England (12.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • Scotland v Japan (12.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • South Africa v Wales (3pm, Tbilisi)
  • France v Australia (3pm, Kutaisi)
  • Georgia v Uruguay (5.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • Spain v Fiji (5.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Every match live on Premier Sports

FRI 10-SUN 12 JULY

Sevens Tournament

  • Edinburgh City Sevens

SATURDAY 11 JULY

Nations Championship

  • New Zealand v Italy (6.10am, Wellington)
  • Australia v France (8.30am, Brisbane)
  • Japan v Ireland (11.10am, Newcastle, NSW)
  • Fiji v England (2.10pm, Everton FC)
  • South Africa v Scotland (4.40pm, Pretoria)
  • Argentina v Wales (8.10pm, San Juan) Live on S4C
  • All live on ITV & STV

Nations Cup

  • Uruguay v Romania (6pm, Montevideo)
  • Samoa v Georgia (8pm, Viña Del Mar)
  • Tonga v Spain (10.45pm, Edmonton)
  • Chile v Hong Kong (11pm, Viña Del Mar)

Women’s International

  • South Africa v USA (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)

SUNDAY 12 JULY

Nations Cup

  • USA v Zimbabwe (12.30am, North Carolina)
  • Canada v Portugal (2am, Edmonton)

U20 World Championship

  • Placing semi-finals (3pm & 5.30pm, Kutaisi and Tbilisi)
  • Both live on Premier Sports

MONDAY 13 JULY

U20 World Championship

  • Semi-finals (3pm & 5.30pm, Tbilisi)
  • 9th-place semi-finals (3pm & 5.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Every match live on Premier Sports

FRIDAY 17 JULY

U20 World Championship

  • Placing finals (3pm & 5.30pm, Kutaisi and Tbilisi)
  • Both live on Premier Sports

FRI 13-SUN 19 JULY

Rugby Europe U18 Trophy

  • Budapest, Hungary

Sevens Tournament

  • Fat Blokes Sevens (Abbey RFC)

SATURDAY 18 JULY

Nations Championship

  • New Zealand v Ireland (8.10am, Auckland)
  • Japan v France (9.40am, Tokyo)
  • Australia v Italy (11.10am, Perth)
  • Fiji v Scotland (2.10pm, Edinburgh)
  • South Africa v Wales (4.40pm, Durban) Live on S4C
  • Argentina v England (8.10pm, Santiago del Estero)
  • All live on ITV & STV

Nations Cup

  • Samoa v Romania (3.30pm, Montevideo)
  • Uruguay v Hong Kong (6pm, Montevideo)
  • Chile v Georgia (8pm, Santiago)
  • Tonga v Portugal (9.45pm, Winnipeg)

U20 World Championship

  • Final (5.30pm, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)
  • 3rd-place final (3pm, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)
  • Placing finals (3pm & 5.30pm, Kutaisi)
  • Every match live on Premier Sports

Sevens Tournament

  • LIT 7s (Wasps RFC, West London)

Tens Tournament

  • Trowbridge RFC Women’s 10s

SAT 18-SUN 19 JULY

11s Vets Rugby

  • Grim Reapers Cup (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

SUNDAY 19 JULY

Nations Cup

  • USA v Spain (12.30am, Raleigh)
  • Canada v Zimbabwe (1am, Winnipeg)

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