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Autumn internationals dates and times 2025?

  • 16-11-2024 01:20PM
    #1
    Not made with hands
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    Anybody know when these details are likely to be announced?



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  • #2
    hibknight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭hibknight


    if anyone has any info on the date of the NZ game in Chicago that would be great! I would assume it will either be the first game weekend in November the 1st of the last weekend of November the 29th.



  • #3
    Not made with hands
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122851359#Comment_122851359

    Yeah that's the one.

    Surely the venue is agreed by now.



  • #4
    trevezel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭trevezel


    here are the confirmed games :

    France SA, France Australia, England Argentina, Wales Argentina, Scotland Argentina



  • #5
    Clo-Clo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122851359#Comment_122851359

    Is it confirmed for Chicago?

    I heard it would be either Chicago, New York or Boston

    After going on the last one, any of them would be great

    I wonder how much the IRFU are getting for it? Didnt they say last time NZRU got 1m for playing the game in US

    Also would Ireland do a pre-match like NZ did last time with an Eagles game the night before with the Maori? wasn't a huge crowd at it but a decent game to watch



  • #6
    hibknight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭hibknight


    WhatsApp Image 2024-12-02 at 17.52.29.jpeg

    Looks like it is in Chicago on the weekend of November 1st if this is correct, comes from this clip for the breakdown programme on Sky Sports NZ and the All Blacks YouTube channel has posted it so you'd hope the would have okayed this, around the 26:53 mark.

    https://youtu.be/RmiBFMpmzC8?t=1613


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  • #7
    Not made with hands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Not made with hands


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914188#Comment_122914188

    Good research there. Presumably the Saturday as a Friday game would be after work so late (local time) and very late Irish time.

    A Sunday cuts it tighter to get back to Europe the following weekend.



  • #8
    trevezel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭trevezel


    official schedule :

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  • #9
    Ajsmiles
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    As a long time rugby fan, I find it disgusting the level of distain the tier 1 nations have for their tier 2/3 counterparts. No games for world cup qualified Georgia, Spain, Romania and Spain. Now with the nonsense of a nations league, how are these teams going to improve and grow? 1 high profile game at a world cup every 4 years.?



  • #10
    PMC83
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123188342#Comment_123188342

    Many of the teams you've mentioned will be playing tier one nations during the summer. Ireland are playing Portugal as well as Georgia and Romania. Scotland touring the pacific islands I think.

    The likes of Spain wouldn't learn much from traveling to Dublin in November playing a fully stacked Irish squad.



  • #11
    Homer
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    got some presale tickets this evening but from the looks of what was left I doubt there will be anything left once they actually go on public sale Friday morning. Just shows the difference in popularity between now and they last time I was in Soldier Field in 2016!



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  • #12
    Lost Ormond
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,103 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lost Ormond


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123189668#Comment_123189668

    But no other tests between themselves and 6 nations sides between next summer and the world cup which isnt good enough if you want to grow the sport. Spain wouldnt even have to play a full strength irish side. Or scottish or english. It could be a 2nd choice but would be better than no game. How do we grow the game if these countries get no or feck all chances to play the top established countries outside of world cups.



  • #13
    PMC83
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123189792#Comment_123189792

    I agree it would be great to see an Emerging Ireland or A tour there more often, maybe in place of the Toyota Cup thing we've being with with SA. Surely playing a pumped up Spain is better then the Griquas. That said, that tour tends to happen outside the international window.



  • #14
    Ben Bailey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Ben Bailey


    'Extended' / Ireland 'A' / Wolfhounds / (insert title here) sides should be touring (perhaps in conjunction with another Tier 1 nations) to Tier 2 nations. Tier 2 / 3 nations touring Ireland would (with the exception of Georgia) be cost prohibitive & require World Rugby funding.

    Would Ire v Wales in Lisbon with Ire A & Wales A playing Portugal not be an improvement on the laughable 'warm weather training' ?



  • #15
    sprucemoose
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123192511#Comment_123192511

    would be great for the SH teams to bring slightly larger squad in November and play them in 'A' games too, could be midweek or friday nights before the 1st XV games at the weekend

    almost definitely wont ever happen, but would be great if it could



  • #16
    bilston
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123188342#Comment_123188342

    Ireland are playing Japan (think they are T2), Portugal, Romania and Georgia in 2025 alone. I'd say we are doing our bit.



  • #17
    bilston
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123189792#Comment_123189792

    What about the 2026 Autumn Internationals? Surely we don't know that schedule yet?



  • #18
    Lost Ormond
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123192590#Comment_123192590

    Japan arent tier 2 any more and dont think a lions year counts as its about only time we do have a few games against non 6 nations/rugby championship sides. And we wonder why we cant grow sport more…



  • #19
    Ajsmiles
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    Doing our bit? Don't think Ireland have ever played Portugal or Spain . I know Money is what keeps the pro game hence teir 1 vs tier 1 Tests . But 6 nations team should be more accommodating in helping these lesser nations grow.



  • #20
    Lost Ormond
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,103 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lost Ormond


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123192961#Comment_123192961

    Its all of the so called tier 1. Rugby championship sides are same. Need to do more and play more tests against their nearest aides who are not in top level competition every year.



  • #21
    ersatz
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    Got badly ticketmastered for Chicago. Prices are insane.



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  • #22
    Realt Dearg Sec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123202177#Comment_123202177

    Yeah I live in Chicago and a friend of mine and my brother are coming over to visit me for it, and the prices are shocking for a test match. Didn't bother me as the lads bought my ticket in return for putting them up for the week but still. Soldier field is notoriously expensive for NFL games too, but it's the fees ticketmaster add on that would drive you cracked. It'll be a great occasion though! Lovely time of year in Chicago.



  • #23
    ersatz
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123203445#Comment_123203445

    Just saw few other Irish coaches here in the Bay Area at matches this morning. I thought I paid a lot, some of them paid a grand, from Ticketmaster. Shocking level of gouging. Ticket master are the avant garde of monopoly capitalism 2.0, the return of surge pricing.



  • #24
    Realt Dearg Sec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123203544#Comment_123203544

    Jesus that's terrible pricing, we paid maybe 120-ish (albeit up in the high upper tiers). That's America baby!



  • #25
    joseywhales
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    These aren't gonna get any cheaper are they? Horrendous to be paying 200-300 to sit at the top for a rugby game in America. Do they really have the demand for that?



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