Australia vs Fiji 33–15
Great game to wake up to, both teams with many newbies and willing to play.
1st half close on the score, but not on the field. 2nd one, the other way around.
Fiji struggling to get the ball the first 30' but dangerous in attack. Sadly running out of gas at the end of the match.
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Australia vs Fiji
Weekend starts early with some #TestRugby
Tomorrow the Wallaroos host Fijiana at 16:55 AEDT. That's 6:55 Europe, 5:55 UK, 1:55 NY, Thursday 22:55 Los Angeles.
Live on Stan Sport, FBC 2 and RugbyPass TV.
It's the 1st women's XV game RPTV will stream since the RWC. They've been a bit lazy this season.
'When we were 29-0 it was very surprising for us' - Dupont (✍️@rugby_ie) #Rugby #TestRugby #FranceRugby
More #TestRugby news: The USA are set to tour South Africa in July for a 2 test series.
And not only the senior team, the U20 are also joining the fun for another 2 matches.
year 1982: 1 test year 1983: 1 test year 1984: 2 tests year 1985: 3 tests year 1986: 5 tests year 1987: 6 tests year 1988: 11 tests year 1989: 6 tests year 1990: 11 tests year 1991: 24 tests year 1992: 5 tests year 1993: 15 tests year 1994: 36 tests year 1995: 12 tests year 1996: 24 tests year 1997: 32 tests year 1998: 54 tests year 1999: 28 tests year 2000: 37 tests year 2001: 45 tests year 2002: 53 tests year 2003: 32 tests year 2004: 46 tests year 2005: 43 tests year 2006: 80 tests year 2007: 58 tests year 2008: 67 tests year 2009: 62 tests year 2010: 76 tests year 2011: 54 tests year 2012: 47 tests year 2013: 54 tests year 2014: 71 tests year 2015: 34 tests year 2016: 51 tests year 2017: 65 tests year 2018: 48 tests year 2019: 78 tests year 2020: 20 tests year 2021: 51 tests year 2022: 101 tests year 2023: 99 tests year 2024: 101 tests year 2025: 112 tests
Let's use this last day of the year to make a small #TestRugby wrapped.
This year we had 112 tests. That's the biggest number ever and only the 3rd time there's more than 100.
The other 2 years with more than a hundred test where 2022 and 2024 both with 101.
Wallaroos 2026 fixtures: Fiji 27 March Played at Canberra Canada 11 April Played at the USA USA 17 April Played at the USA New Zealand April Played at Australia New Zealand 22 August Played at Auckland WXV 12 September Played at TBC WXV 19 September Played at TBC WXV 26 September Played at TBC Scotland 10 October Played at TBC Scotland 17 October Played at TBC
The 🇦🇺 Wallaroos will have a busy 2026 full of #TestRugby
Fiji in March.
🇨🇦🇳🇿🇦🇺🇺🇸 #PAC4 in April to be played at the USA.
New Zealand on August 22 for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.
3 away undefined test part of #WXV in September.
And a home 2 test series against Scotland in October.
22 August Go Media Stadium, Auckland Wallaroos
17 October FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton France
24 October Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei France
31 October One NZ Stadium, Christchurch France
The 🇳🇿 Black Ferns have released their 2026 #TestRugby home schedule:
Australia on August 22 for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup and a 3 match series vs France in October
Germany vs Belgium 0–23
Belgium, with great defensive pressure, starts the 3-Länder-Cup with a comfortable win despite their handling stopping many of their attacks.
The Germans decent on defence but predictable on attack advanced at snail pace, did a mess on their lineouts & didn't score even with 1 more player
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Could the new Nations Championship transform Test rugby? The jury is out - The Irish Times (✍️@IrishTimesRugby) #Rugby #TestRugby #NationsChampionship
Germany vs Belgium
The 3-Länder-Cup continues as Germany, after losing narrowly to Hong Kong China Select XVs, hosts Belgium.
Head-to-had is 5 wins for the Germans, 1 draw, 1 for the Belgians. Last March on the European Trophy Belgium won 19–23.
Tomorrow at 18:00 CET live on SolidSport (pay-per-view)
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Bulgaria vs Greece 17–0
Greece played (and lost) their 1st ever #TestRugby
They had trouble to keep the ball so Bulgaria had most of the possession, but the Greek defence was just good enough to slow the hosts advances and avoid a bloodbath.
This is the 1st time Bulgaria wins a test, having lost their previous 4
Denmark vs Norway 39–7
I just learned on Nov 1 Denmark and Norway played a test match on Copenhagen.
The Danish won after scoring 7 tries, with a hat-trick for Alba McGibbon.
On the rankings, Denmark moved from 44th to 42th while Norway dropped from 43th to 45th.
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Colombia vs Mexico 65–5
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Colombia utterly defeat Mexico on their first ever encounter. The Mexicans where dead set on using the pick and go slowly grinding meters with little success. The Colombians for their part used their good kickers and their backs with 7s experience to constantly surpass the Mexican defence
Colombia vs Mexico
And also some #TestRugby this weekend.
Colombia hosts Mexico on a double header. It's the 1st time their women's teams face each other. Mexico is 28th on the rankings and Colombia 33th, so it's gonna be some movement.
Tomorrow at 10:00 Colombia Time (15:00 London, 16:00 Paris) Live on YouTube
Peru vs Chile 0–54
Chi chi chi, le le le
Peru looked out of their element but improved as time passed. Chile for their part was way more entertaining that I was expecting. Massive scrums, good lineout, decent handling. Only the kicking was poor. Hoping is not a one-off and we'll see a SAR championship soon
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Peru vs Chile October 26
And #TestRugby is already back.
Peru and Chile play their 1st ever women's XV match!
Sunday at 13:00 Peru Time (that's 18:00 GMT)
Stream yet to be confirmed
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Looks like Peru and Chile are finally joining XV! They'll play an official test in a week, Sunday 26.
Good news for South America, where currently only Colombia and Brazil play it.
This one flew under my radar. Latvia hosted Denmark last Saturday. They drew 15–15. The Danish hadn't played a Test since May 2004. Rugby Europe hasn't yet announced this season schedule, so we can't know yet if we'll see both teams on the conference or the trophy.
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Hong Kong China will visit Europe in 2 months time to participate on a tournament that will also include Germany and Belgium
France vs England 6–40
The Red Roses demolish France mauling to their heart's content. French defence was good enough on open play, but useless against mauls. And on attack... Their main way of advancing was caterpillar+kick and an absurd number of attacks ended with them committing a penalty on the ruck
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Italy vs Japan 33–15
1st defeat of the year for Japan. The Japanese pack applying a lot of pressure, but most of the time unable to run the last meters. Italy attack chaotic and messy, not sure if bug of feature. Alyssa D'Incà a cheat code scoring the 1st try and being the main culprit of the 2nd
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Ireland vs Canada 26–47
Canada defeats and Ireland that certainly put up a fight on the 2nd half. A good work by the pack in green managing to kinda stop the Canadians at times, but still allowing them to score some easy (and some great) tries. The visitors a bit hesitant as time passed where still to strong
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Ireland vs Canada Sat Aug 9 Affidea Stadium 12PM
Last week of #TestRugby before the RWC
Ireland welcomes Canada. The Irish struggled last week to down Scotland while the Canadians put big scores on South Africa and USA on the past weeks
Tomorrow at 12:00 BST Live on BBC iPlayer, TSN, & RugbyPass
England vs Spain 97–7
Just what you could expect form a match like this. Like a hot knife through butter the Red Roses hand the Spanish their biggest defeat ever. Not a bad match by Las Leonas, but it was like trying to stop a train with a paper wall
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Ireland vs Scotland 27–21
Not a stellar game from Scotland, but they managed to put Ireland up against the ropes with 2 converted tries. Things changed when Lana Skeldon left injured. The Scots began to make more mistakes and the Irish, till then slow & disorganized, began to set their house in order just enough.
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Canada vs USA 42–10
A great 1st half for the USA, extremely aggressive but with few penalties, sadly they couldn't keep it up. The Canadians started playing defensively and looking a bit dozed when they got the ball, but kept improving with time and applied more and more pressure until everything exploded.
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Australia vs Wales 36–5
The Wallaroos take their revenge. Looked a strong start from the Welsh but they couldn't score. The Aussies began to gain confidence and attack, and after minute 30 it was all for the home team. A couple brain farts give 2 tries for Australia and Wales collapsed and disappeared.
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Australia vs Wales North Sydney Oval Friday 1st August 7PM
Another weekend of #TestRugby starts a bit early. In just 24h Australia and Wales end their series with 2 heavily rotated teams. A 2nd win for the Welsh would be a huge boost for them and a heavy blow for the Wallaroos.
Tomorrow at 19:00 AEST (10:00 BST) Live on Stan Sport, BBC iPlayer & RugbyPass
Japan vs Spain 30–19
Japan goes 2 in 2 to win the series. Their maul was a bit less effective today, but still their forwards showed dominance. The Spanish scoring the 3 times they visited the enemy 22, but barely touching the ball the rest of the time. 8 penalties and 2 cards in the first 10 minutes, no good
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