Rugby World Cup Schedule 2015: Fixtures, Dates, Live Stream Info and More
Tom Sunderland@@TomSunderland_
Featured ColumnistOctober 2, 2015
After just passing the halfway mark of the Rugby World Cup 2015 pool stage, we now have a greater understanding of which teams we're likely to see lining up in the next phase of the competition.
Nothing is for certain yet, though, and it's more than likely a series of thrills and spills lie in wait around the corner, or at least rugby fans across the globe can only hope that's the case.
This weekend features two particularly high-stakes matchups, with England laying it all on the line against Australia at Twickenham and South Africa duelling for the Pool B crown against Scotland.
We provide an expansive look at the tournament's remaining fixtures, complete with all the necessary live stream information needed for every major rugby-viewing nation.
Live Stream (TV Info): ITV Player (UK, ITV & ITV4), Universal Sports (US), Fox Sports (AUS, Fox Sports 2), Sky Go (NZ, Sky Sport 1), SuperSport (SA, SuperSport 1)
| Rugby World Cup 2015 Remaining Schedule | ||||
| Date | Time (BST) | Home | Away | Venue |
| October 2 | 8 p.m. | New Zealand | Georgia | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| October 3 | 2:30 p.m. | Samoa | Japan | Stadium MK, Milton Keynes |
| October 3 | 4:45 p.m. | South Africa | Scotland | St James' Park, Newcastle |
| October 3 | 8 p.m. | England | Australia | Twickenham, London |
| October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Argentina | Tonga | Leicester City Stadium, Leicester |
| October 4 | 4:45 p.m. | Ireland | Italy | Olympic Stadium, London |
| October 6 | 4:45 p.m. | Canada | Romania | Leicester City Stadium, Leicester |
| October 6 | 8 p.m. | Fiji | Uruguay | Stadium MK, Milton Keynes |
| October 7 | 4:45 p.m. | South Africa | USA | Olympic Stadium, London |
| October 7 | 8 p.m. | Namibia | Georgia | Sandy Park, Exeter |
| October 9 | 8 p.m. | New Zealand | Tonga | St James' Park, Newcastle |
| October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Samoa | Scotland | St James' Park, Newcastle |
| October 10 | 4:45 p.m. | Australia | Wales | Twickenham, London |
| October 10 | 8 p.m. | England | Uruguay | Manchester City Stadium |
| October 11 | Noon | Argentina | Namibia | Leicester City Stadium, Leicester |
| October 11 | 2:30 p.m. | Italy | Romania | Sandy Park, Exeter |
| October 11 | 4:45 p.m. | France | Ireland | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| October 11 | 8 p.m. | USA | Japan | Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester |
| October 17 | 4 p.m. | B1 | A2 | Twickenham, London |
| October 17 | 8 p.m. | C1 | D2 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| October 18 | 1 p.m. | D1 | C2 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| October 18 | 4 p.m. | A1 | B2 | Twickenham, London |
| October 24 | 4 p.m. | Winner QF1 | Winner QF2 | Twickenham, London |
| October 25 | 4 p.m. | Winner QF3 | Winner QF4 | Twickenham, London |
| October 30 | 8 p.m. | Loser SF1 | Loser SF2 | Olympic Stadium, London |
| October 31 | 4 p.m. | Winner SF1 | Winner SF2 | Twickenham, London |
| RugbyWorldCup.com | ||||
Sweet Chariot Swinging Too Low
There's no understating the importance of Saturday's crunch encounter between tournament hosts England and southern-hemisphere heavyweights Australia, with a World Cup quarter-final place at stake.
England's 23-20 defeat to Wales has left them three points off the pace in Pool A, and coach Stuart Lancaster has acknowledged the tournament rests on Saturday's Twickenham tie, per Nick Purewal and Duncan Bech of the Independent:
It's a must-win game because if we lose we don't get out of the group. So there's no point hiding where the accountability lies.
As a head coach you don't take the players beyond Saturday, you take them to Saturday. You put them in the right place to play a strong game on Saturday.
There's no denying it, the stakes are huge for us, but the boys will be ready.
I'm not going beyond this game, there are a lot of things to play out over the next two weeks.
The Wallabies have lost each of their last two trips to Twickenham, but coach Michael Cheika has since gone about steadying their ship, evidenced by this year's triumph in their undefeated Rugby Championship win.
England No. 8 Ben Morgan this week highlighted England's scrum as something Australia should be wary of, but Cheika is quoted by Sam Bruce of ESPN.co.uk, proclaiming his team are up to the task:
It's not that we're not ready. I know they think we're weak in the forwards, it's pretty obvious. They're saying it out loud and they've done it to us; stuck it to us.
There's nothing we can say that's going to make any difference; [the] only place that's going to make it different is on the field on Saturday night. Show our colours -- talk's cheap.
Even if the Wallabies pack was considered a weakness, England still have their back line to deal with, although it will be a far different lineup to the one that put 65 points past Uruguay last Sunday.
Victory over 2003 final opponents Australia would almost guarantee England a place in the last eight, but defeat could make them the first host nation in World Cup history to not make it past the pool stage.
South Africa's Second Chance
As far as the neutral was concerned, South Africa's devastating defeat to Japan in Week 1 of the pool stage was the best thing that could have happened for Pool B, which now has Scotland in control.
BBC pundit and ex-Wales international Jonathan Davies is expecting a fiery collision when the two teams meet at St James' Park on Saturday, a far greater contest now the Scots have the upper hand:
Vern Cotter's men head to Newcastle with a three-point lead over the Springboks and having scored five tries in each of their World Cup outings against the United States and Japan.
That being said, South Africa look like a beast that's been awakened following their early slip, and Christopher Jones of Radio 5 Live was full of praise for the side following the 46-6 win over Samoa:
Despite their poor run of form, stretching back to a winless Rugby Championship, South Africa may now be an even more dangerous opponent for that very reason, to be underestimated at one's own peril.
Saturday's match will be far from conclusive in a pool that's quickly become one of the most entertaining, but the victor of these two will at least temporarily take the advantage in seeing who tops the group.