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RUGBYTHIS WEEKEND
South Africa and New Zealand meet at Ellis Park. RugbyTown 7s brings 57 matches across three days to Glendale. New Zealand and Australia renew the O’Reilly Cup rivalry, while the Midwest men’s club season gets underway.
The warm-up matches are finished. The next stage begins this weekend.
New Zealand’s three-match run against South African URC opposition leads directly into Saturday’s meeting with South Africa at Ellis Park.
In Colorado, RugbyTown 7s fills three days with 57 scheduled matches at Infinity Park.
Auckland also hosts New Zealand against Australia in the O’Reilly Cup, while 11 Midwest men’s club matches begin the 2027 season in the United States.
AFRICA
ZEALAND
Three matches. Three wins. Now comes South Africa.
New Zealand completed its three-match run against South African URC opposition unbeaten.
The All Blacks beat the Stormers 38–21, shut out the Sharks 54–0 and then defeated the Bulls 50–19.
Across those three matches, New Zealand scored 142 points and conceded 40.
The final two warm-ups alone produced 104 New Zealand points and only 19 conceded.
Saturday brings a different opponent: South Africa at Ellis Park.
The preparation is finished. Now the Test rugby begins.
RUGBYTOWN 7s
Three days.
57 matches.
RugbyTown 7s returns to Infinity Park from August 21–23.
RFC is tracking 57 matches across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The tournament opens in Glendale.
The tournament continues into its second day.
RugbyTown reaches its final stages.
The USA Falcons and NCR All Americans meet Friday night in Glendale.
FERNS
New Zealand and Australia meet again.
New Zealand hosts Australia at Go Media Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland in the 2026 O’Reilly Cup.
The match gives the two trans-Tasman rivals another meeting in the 2026 international calendar.
THE MIDWEST IS BACK.
The 2027 Midwest men’s club season begins Saturday, August 22, with 11 matches scheduled across Men’s Premiership Division 1 and Division 2.
