The Summer Tours.

Losty Dublin · 17-05-2017 12:13am #1

It's not all about the Lions, you know. All of the Six Nations are touring this June as well as welcome international test fixtures for Georgia and Romania. Below is a basic list of the relevant fixtures along with Irish times as they appear on World Rugby's website. Perhaps the mods can pin this and squad news can be added to to it as well.

Ireland

USA V IRELAND 21:00, Sat 10 Jun 2017
JAPAN V IRELAND 06:00, Sat 17 Jun 2017
JAPAN V IRELAND06:40, Sat 24 Jun 2017

Wales

TONGA V WALES 06:30, Fri 16 Jun 2017
SAMOA V WALES 07:30, Fri 23 Jun 2017

Scotland

ITALY V SCOTLAND 13:00, Sat 10 Jun 2017
AUSTRALIA V SCOTLAND 06:00, Sat 17 Jun 2017
FIJI V SCOTLAND 03:30, Sat 24 Jun 2017

England

ENGLAND V BARBARIANS, 15:00 Sun 28 May 2017
ARGENTINA V ENGLAND 20:15, Sat 10 Jun 2017
ARGENTINA V ENGLAND 20:15, Sat 17 Jun 2017

Italy

ITALY V SCOTLAND 13:00, Sat 10 Jun 2017
FIJI V ITALY 03:30, Sat 17 Jun 2017
AUSTRALIA V ITALY 06:00, Sat 24 Jun 2017

France

SOUTH AFRICA V FRANCE 16:00, Sat 10 Jun 2017
SOUTH AFRICA V FRANCE 16:00, Sat 17 Jun 2017
SOUTH AFRICA V FRANCE 16:00, Sat 24 Jun 2017

Georgia

CANADA V GEORGIA 22:00, Sat 10 Jun 2017
USA V GEORGIA 00:00, Sun 18 Jun 2017
ARGENTINA V GEORGIA 20:15, Sat 24 Jun 2017

Romania

JAPAN V ROMANIA 06:40, Sat 10 Jun 2017
CANADA V ROMANIA 22:00, Sat 17 Jun 2017

bilston · 17-05-2017 12:18am

Apart from the obvious interest in our own games the South Africa v France series should be good viewing.

Australia v Scotland will be a good one too given Scotland are...ahem...virtually at full strength.

It will be interesting to see how Georgia get on in Argentina.

Losty Dublin · 17-05-2017 12:19am

Irish tour squad for US/Japan.

Backs (14)

Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster) 3 caps
Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 1 cap
John Cooney (Connacht) *
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 59 caps
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 23 caps
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 13 caps
Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster) 9 caps
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Tiernan O'Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht) 3 caps
Rory O'Loughlin (Old Belvedere/Leinster) *
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 8 caps
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) *
Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) *
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 33 caps

Forwards (17) -

Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht) 6 caps
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 1 cap
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 67 caps
Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht) *
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 17 caps
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 12 caps
Jack O'Donoghue (UL Bohemians/Munster) 1 cap
Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) *
Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 13 caps
James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) *
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 6 caps
Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 4 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 47 caps
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster) 2 caps
Kieran Treadwell (Ballymena/Ulster) *
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 7 caps

Losty Dublin · 17-05-2017 12:29am

bilston wrote: »

Apart from the obvious interest in our own games the South Africa v France series should be good viewing.

Australia v Scotland will be a good one too given Scotland are...ahem...virtually at full strength.

It will be interesting to see how Georgia get on in Argentina.

Agree on all three counts. What's odd about the French tour is that both sides will come into the series with low morale and are fighting from a very low base by their standards. Given we've 2 years before the World Cup, both squads need to up their game big time.

pickarooney · 17-05-2017 5:10am

Who is RCG?

Bazzo · 17-05-2017 8:03am

pickarooney wrote: »

Who is RCG?

They're a side in the Welsh premiership.

Losty Dublin · 17-05-2017 8:19am

pickarooney wrote: »

Who is RCG?

It's the North Wales development squad. And I had to check that myself.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 17-05-2017 8:53pm

Losty Dublin wrote: »

It's the North Wales development squad. And I had to check that myself.

It's the 5th Welsh region at underage level while the seniors play in premiership.

Squidgy Black · 17-05-2017 9:06pm

They won the national cup this year, but it's a bit of a weird fixture, suppose the best comparison would be if Ireland were to play one of the Province A teams.

matthew8 · 17-05-2017 9:43pm

Should be some great entertainment. If both are giving it a good go then a depleted England should be pretty evenly matched against Argentina. South Africa and France should be well matched too (I thought France showed some real positive signs in the 6 nations) so should provide a few good games, as long as neither collapse. You would fancy the Australia matches to be a non-event but it wouldn't be the first time Scotland proved a banana skin for a SH side.

Losty Dublin · 28-05-2017 3:20pm

England vs Barbarians is on now in Twickers. Seems as if Eddie Jones is taking one of the visitors traditions more to heart than they have

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 60 caps); 14. Nathan Earle (Saracens, uncapped); 13. Sam James (Sale Sharks, uncapped); 12. Alex Lozowski (Saracens, uncapped); 11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 25 caps); 10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 35 caps); 9. Danny Care (Harlequins, 71 caps)

1. Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap); 2. Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors, uncapped); 3. Will Collier (Harlequins, uncapped); 4. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 3 caps); 5. Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, uncapped); 6. Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 55 caps); 7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, uncapped); 8. Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks, uncapped)

Replacements: 16. George McGuigan (Leicester Tigers, uncapped) 17. Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks, uncapped) 18. Jamal Ford-Robinson (Bristol Rugby, uncapped) 19. Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors, uncapped) 20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped) 21. Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped) 22. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 27 caps) 23. Mike Haley (Sale Sharks, uncapped)

Barbarians.

15 Alex Goode (Saracens & England) 21 caps; 14 Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier & Fiji) 24; 13 Yann David (Toulouse & France) 4; 12 Frans Steyn (Montpellier & South Africa) 53; 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Bordeaux-Begles & Australia) 116; 10 Ian Madigan (Bordeaux-Begles & Ireland) 30; 9 Kahn Fotuali’i (Bath Rugby & Samoa) 31

1 Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier & Georgia) 41; 2 Richard Hibbard (Gloucester & Wales) 41; 3 Census Johnston (Toulouse & Samoa) 59; 4 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse & Argentina) 57; 5 Jeremy Thrush (Gloucester & New Zealand)12; 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, captain) 80; 7 Steffon Armitage (Pau & England) 5; 8 Facundo Isa (Lyon & Argentina) 25

Replacements

16 Schalk Brits (Saracens & South Africa) 10; 17 Ben Franks (London Irish & New Zealand) 47 ;18 WP Nel (Edinburgh & Scotland) 15; 19 Joe Tekori (Toulouse & Samoa) 34; 20 Gillian Galan (Toulouse); 21 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster & South Africa) 88; 22 Robbie Fruean (Bath Rugby); 23 Horacio Agulla (Castres & Argentina) 63

ClanofLams · 28-05-2017 3:23pm

Nathan Earle having an impressive debut, lightning quick and very physical in defence.

ScrubsfanChris · 28-05-2017 3:28pm

ClanofLams wrote: »

Nathan Earle having an impressive debut, lightning quick and very physical in defence.

Only 3 premiership starts for Saracens too.

Sanjuro · 28-05-2017 4:49pm

Any broadcasting schedule for the Ireland games?

ScrubsfanChris · 28-05-2017 10:07pm

Sanjuro wrote: »

Any broadcasting schedule for the Ireland games?

Ireland v USA is on NBC Sports. Can't find any irish broadcaster, possibly Eir Sport again

Can't find anything on the Japan games, just that they're not listed on Sky Sports rugby schedule:
http://www.skysports.com/watch/rugby-union-on-sky

typhoony · 28-05-2017 10:11pm

i'm looking forward to watching the Australia v Fiji game, some very good players in that Fiji squad

Losty Dublin · 29-05-2017 12:59pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Ireland v USA is on NBC Sports. Can't find any irish broadcaster, possibly Eir Sport again

Can't find anything on the Japan games, just that they're not listed on Sky Sports rugby schedule:
http://www.skysports.com/watch/rugby-union-on-sky

BT Sports have no rugby listed for June bar the Under 20's. At this later stage they'll probably take up whatever Sky Sports are't taking up.

Bazzo · 29-05-2017 1:43pm

There have been some strange ones over the years but I'm pretty sure Camara missing the France tour to South Africa because his passport is ripped is up there.

https://www.ultimaterugby.com/news/nans-ducuing-replaces-djibril-camara-in-france-squad/563106

irishbucsfan · 29-05-2017 1:49pm

I'm most surprised that they can't just get him a replacement quickly. Or an emergency travel document. Must have walked up to the airport with it unawares.

Buer · 29-05-2017 1:57pm

I'm just impressed that their training camp is in Reunion. Tough life playing for France.

Kiwi_knock · 30-05-2017 11:51am

Australia have named their 34 man squad for the games against Fiji, Scotland and Italy.

Props: Allan Alaalatoa (9 Tests, ACT Brumbies); Sekope Kepu (77 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Tom Robertson (7 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Scott Sio (30 Tests, ACT Brumbies); Toby Smith (4 Tests, Melbourne Rebels).

Hookers: Tolu Latu (4 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Stephen Moore (c) (117 Tests, Queensland Reds); Tatafu Polota-Nau (68 Tests, Western Force).

Second Rows Rory Arnold (9 Tests, ACT Brumbies); Adam Coleman (9 Tests, Western Force); Sam Carter (13 Tests, ACT Brumbies); Lukhan Tui (Uncapped, Queensland Reds).

Back Rows: Jack Dempsey (Uncapped, NSW Waratahs); Ned Hanigan (Uncapped, NSW Waratahs); Richard Hardwick (Uncapped, Western Force); Scott Higginbotham (32 Tests, Queensland Reds); Michael Hooper (65 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Lopeti Timani (6 Tests, Melbourne Rebels).

Scrum Halves: Will Genia (75 Tests, Stade Francais); Nick Phipps (52 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Joe Powell (Uncapped, ACT Brumbies).

Out Halves: Quade Cooper (67 Tests, Queensland Reds); Bernard Foley (42 Tests, NSW Waratahs).

Centres: Kyle Godwin (1 Test, ACT Brumbies); Reece Hodge (10 Tests, Melbourne Rebels); Samu Kerevi (8 Tests, Queensland Reds); Tevita Kuridrani (45 Tests, ACT Brumbies).

Back 3: Israel Folau (52 Tests, NSW Waratahs); Dane Haylett-Petty (14 Tests, Western Force); Karmichael Hunt (Uncapped, Queensland Reds); Marika Koroibete (Uncapped, Melbourne Rebels); Eto Nabuli (Uncapped, Queensland Reds); Sefa Naivalu (6 Tests, Melbourne Rebels); Henry Speight (11 Tests, ACT Brumbies).

pickarooney · 30-05-2017 11:52am

If that prop had as many As in his leaving he would have walked into medicine

Former Former · 30-05-2017 12:09pm

The Aussies cementing their top spot as most enthusiastic pillager of the Pacific Islands. Fair dinkum.

Yeah_Right · 30-05-2017 12:11pm

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Australia have named their 34 man squad for the games against Fiji, Scotland and Italy.

That's a pretty unimpressive squad. Especially the forward pack. The backs don't look great either. I suppose if they're going blood some new players with an eye for RWC 2019 then this is the time to do it.

ScrubsfanChris · 30-05-2017 12:47pm

Guess that answers that question for now...

GavMan · 30-05-2017 12:47pm

Shame there is no coverage of the Japan tests. RTE covered them 12 years ago (possibly delayed coverage)

ScrubsfanChris · 30-05-2017 12:55pm

GavMan wrote: »

Shame there is no coverage of the Japan tests. RTE covered them 12 years ago (possibly delayed coverage)

My takeaway from the tweet is that no broadcaster in Japan has been decided yet, meaning there are no rights to sell yet to international broadcasters.

I expect the USA test to be on Eir Sports at the very least.

razorblunt · 30-05-2017 2:01pm

pickarooney wrote: »

If that prop had as many As in his leaving he would have walked into medicine

An easy man to find in the phonebook.

razorblunt · 30-05-2017 2:03pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

My takeaway from the tweet is that no broadcaster in Japan has been decided yet, meaning there are no rights to sell yet to international broadcasters.

I expect the USA test to be on Eir Sports at the very least.

I'll be there lads, I'll stick it on Facebook Live.

wp_rathead · 30-05-2017 2:05pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

My takeaway from the tweet is that no broadcaster in Japan has been decided yet, meaning there are no rights to sell yet to international broadcasters.

I expect the USA test to be on Eir Sports at the very least.

You'd think with the RWC around the corner it be snapped up

Quintis · 31-05-2017 10:43am

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Guess that answers that question for now...

https://twitter.com/Cumoski/status/869847124153913345

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