World Rugby have announced a new rugby calendar for 2020-32 – Rugby World looks at what it means On the move: South Africa and Ireland played three Tests last June but that window will move to July in 2020. The fixtures themselves are slowly being released, with Americas Rugby News now reporting that Argentina will likely host France and Italy next year. Ireland made a tour of South Africa, losing their 2-0. Many in the New Zealand rugby community expressed their disappointment on social media, including Wellington Pride player Alice Soper. Australia then played South Africa twice, home and away, with the home team winning each time. The 2020 end of year rugby union tests, also referred to as the 2020 Autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, are a number of rugby union test matches scheduled to be contested approximately during the months of October, November and December 2020, primarily involving countries from the Northern Hemisphere hosting those from the Southern Hemisphere. It hasn’t been a great World Cup from Fiji, purely from a numbers point of view. 2005 saw the British and Irish Lions undertake their first tour of New Zealand since 1993. Beauden Barrett, Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock all likely to miss tests because of sabbaticals. The South African Quadrangular Tournament was a mini tournament that included hosts South Africa and three incoming nations; Italy, Scotland and Samoa. The All Blacks will play their first test of 2020 against Wales on July 4 at the Auckland venue and their last against the freshly crowned World Champion Springboks on September 5. Australia are expected to unveil their own schedule shortly, which should see the Wallabies play Ireland (twice) and Fiji. England have agreed a shortened two-Test summer tour of Japan in 2020 to combat fears of player burnout. The 2020 Bledisloe Cup will be a four-Test series played from October to November in Australia and New Zealand. Wellington will host the second test between the All Blacks and Wales on July 11 and the only New Zealand Bledisloe Cup test against the Wallabies on August 15. The Pacific Island sides have been neglected for far too long. "Wales and Australia also have new coaches and will bring a lot of energy. All Blacks will be a new-look outfit in 2020. This was the first time since 1973, and only the second in the past 50 years, that none of the Home nations, or the British and Irish Lions, toured the southern hemisphere in the summer. [1] A two test-series was also played with Russia touring to Namibia. We want to build momentum and we want to build excitement into a World Cup.". Scotland or Italy could be South Africa’s saving grace – they both still have two spots left in their schedule – but it would be a major blow to the World Cup finalists to not host one of the big four Northern Hemisphere sides. But na it's not happening for us. However, Uruguay did opt to play a match to assist their World Cup preparation. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. RugbyPass sat down with former Wales international Jamie Roberts to discuss the highs and lows of his Rugby World Cup experience: Sign up to our mailing list for a weekly digest from the wide world of rugby. ???? You could also do it yourself at any point in time. @semi_radradra_ is a force or nature right now! Auckland and Wellington are the big winners from the release of the All Blacks test schedule for 2020. New Zealand Rugby confirmed earlier this year that the All Blacks will host Wales (twice) and Scotland next season. "And, what better finish to the home schedule than a Test against South Africa at Eden Park for the Freedom Cup. The world champions were scheduled to play eight tests - including seven at home - ahead of next year's World Cup in New Zealand, but Covid-19 has forced those matches to be cancelled. The Black Ferns won't play any test rugby this year, despite only being a year out from the Rugby World Cup. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. New Zealand Rugby released the test schedule on Monday, despite All Blacks fans still waiting to hear who will be the next coach of the team. Kenya hosted test matches against Portugal and Spain. Their loss to Uruguay was a huge disappointment, but it came just days after Fiji almost managed to tip over Australia, having led the match for three-quarters of the game. Discussion in 'International Test Matches' started by TheOvalBall, Dec 4, 2019. The July Tests, also known as the summer Tests or mid-year Tests, are international rugby union matches played around the month of July each year. When the Nations Championship died, it was wrongly assumed that Fiji’s chances for a bigger slice of the pie were scuppered – but that overlooks the new-format Test calendar that will kick off from 2020. After their Pacific Nations Cup games, Japan played two home matches against the French Barbarians, losing both. Eden Park will host two tests at either end of the season and they are both blockbusters. "The Wallaroos are unable to make it over," NZR chief executive Mark Robinson told Newshub. Some Test matches were still played. READ MORE: * Steve Hansen's next move * Hurricanes' offseason turmoil * Folau's latest legal battle * Folau, Castle steel for showdown * Crusaders' merch sale surge 'unlikely'. Their campaign was effectively drained of any fuel when they collapsed against Uruguay in their second fixture of the competition. That's it. 17 Oct 2020 Cheetahs hold on for tight win over Bulls The Cheetahs battled their way to a close-fought 19-17 win over the Bulls in their second round Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked clash in Bloemfontein. Ireland also lost a one-off test against Australia, which was played in Perth. Georgia visited Canada and the USA, losing one-off test matches to both. In anticipation of facing the same opposition in the same match that secured them the 2007 World Cup title this weekend, we look at where the Springboks stars of 12 years ago are today. @bensmithrugby #RWC2019 #WALvFIJ https://t.co/2IlJxFPDUw, — RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) October 10, 2019. The 2020 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches that were planned to be played during the July international window. Factor in the latest news from ARN, which suggests that France will play two games in Argentina then return home via Japan, and suddenly South Africa’s opposition cupboard is looking incredibly bare. Because of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, no test series took place between the Home Unions (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and the SANZAR nations (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia). International rugby will go through the smallest of changes in 2020 with the mid-year Test window relocating from June to July. Ireland lost to the Barbarians, also a non-cap game, before touring New Zealand and being swept 3-0 in the series. John McKee’s side were expected to push for a playoff spot but have instead found themselves well down the ladder in Pool D, likely ending 9 points short of the second-placed Australia. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Wales will play the All Blacks twice in 2020, with Scotland also touring for one match. Taking a more charitable approach, however, it’s becoming clearer every day why the Flying Fijians need to be playing top-tier opposition on the regular. "Post Rugby World Cup there is always a degree of the unknown. ?#rwc #rugbyworldcup #rwc2019 #fijirugby #fijibati #fijianrugby #walesrugby #welshrugby, A post shared by RugbyPass (@rugbypass) on Oct 8, 2019 at 4:07pm PDT. South Africa and England drew the final test, South Africa winning the series 2-0.