Rugby Championship 2025 fixtures, dates, venues, kick-off times confirmed
SANZAAR has confirmed the match schedule for the 2025 Rugby Championship that will be played from 16 August to 2 October.
The four unions have each announced their match venues for the tournament, but as of Tuesday, these and the match kick-off times have been finalised.
The Rugby Championship mini-tour format will remain in place with each team to play six matches comprising three home matches and three away matches.
Each team will host a two-match tour, will play an away two-match tour, and play a one-match home and away series against the third remaining team.
This year, South Africa will host Australia for two matches before heading to New Zealand for two away matches.
New Zealand will head to Argentina for its away mini-tour prior to hosting South Africa, while Australia will host Argentina for two matches.
The Bledisloe Cup home and away Tests between Australia and New Zealand will take place in Perth and Auckland this year, with South Africa and Argentina meeting in Durban and London.
The London fixture will be only the second time a Rugby Championship match has been played outside of the four core territories of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
SANZAAR CEO Brendan Morris stated, 'The Rugby Championship is the pinnacle of southern hemisphere rugby and one of the world's most prestigious tournaments.
'This year will be no different as some of the best Test teams in the world do battle across 11 cities across the four nations.
'Anticipation is again high for the 2025 edition of the Rugby Championship as the top talent from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa do battle for southern hemisphere supremacy.
'South Africa are the current world champions and incumbent Rugby Championship champions, while Argentina are now fifth in the world rankings.
'New Zealand will warm-up with a Test series against France while the Wallabies have a big series against the British & Irish Lions to prepare for the championship.
'Tickets will be in demand for these matches so fans should book early as we anticipate big crowds at the stadiums, including iconic venues such as Eden Park in Auckland, Accor Stadium in Sydney, Ellis Park in Johannesburg and Estadio Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires.
'This year the tournament finishes with a match at Allianz Stadium Twickenham in London when Argentina host the Springboks.
'This is an exciting opportunity to showcase the Rugby Championship in the UK.
'All the action will be delivered by our host broadcast partners (ESPN, Stan/NEC, Sky New Zealand and SuperSport) and other territory rights holding broadcasters to ensure sports fans all around the world can tune into the world class rugby action.'
Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster.co.uk and England Rugby, starting from just £55* for adults and £28* for Under-16s.
Hospitality packages are also available on www.allianzstadiumtwickenham.com
(*booking fees apply)
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