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Summer Internationals & Lions Tour

The Lions Tour of Australia will dominate rugby headlines during the summer of 2025, but the four home unions – England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – will also embark on their own summer tours.

England will tour Argentina and the USA; Ireland will visit Georgia and Portugal; Scotland will tour the South Pacific; while Wales will head to Japan.

See also the fixtures for the Autumn Internationals in November 2025.

Summer Internationals 2025 Fixtures

Kick-off times are shown in British Summer Time (BST), with local time shown in brackets where applicable.

WEEK 1

Friday 20th June 2025

Lions Argentina Lions 24-28 Argentina Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 51,700

Saturday 21st June 2025

England XV France XV England XV 24-26 France XV Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Attendance: 34,129

WEEK 2

Friday 27th June 2025

Namibia Italy Namibia 6-73 Italy Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek Attendance: 2,000

Saturday 28th June 2025

Western Force Lions Western Force 7-54 Lions Optus Stadium, Perth Attendance: 46,656
South Africa Barbarians South Africa 54-7 Barbarians DHL Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 45,000

WEEK 3

Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Queensland Reds Lions Queensland Reds 12-52 Lions Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 46,435

Saturday 5th July 2025

Maori All Blacks Scotland Maori All Blacks 26-29 Scotland Semenoff Stadium, Whangarei Attendance: 10,150
Japan Wales Japan 24-19 Wales Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu Attendance: 13,487
New Zealand France New Zealand 31-27 France Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 28,532
NSW Waratahs Lions NSW Waratahs 10-21 Lions Allianz Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 40,568
South Africa Italy South Africa 42-24 Italy Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 42,632
Georgia Ireland Georgia 5-34 Ireland Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 25,000
Argentina England Argentina 12-35 England Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000

Sunday 6th July 2025

Australia Fiji Australia 21-18 Fiji McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 28,132

WEEK 4

Wednesday 9th July 2025

ACT Brumbies Lions ACT Brumbies 24-36 Lions GIO Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 23,116

Saturday 12th July 2025

Fiji Scotland Fiji 29-14 Scotland HFC Bank Stadium, Suva Attendance: 10,000
Japan Wales Japan 22-31 Wales Noevir Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 25,074
New Zealand France New Zealand 43-17 France Sky Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 33,827
Invitational AU and NZ Lions Invitational AU and NZ 0-48 Lions Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 43,124
South Africa Italy South Africa 45-0 Italy Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha Attendance: 44,282
Portugal Ireland Portugal 7-106 Ireland Estadio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 8,000
Argentina England Argentina 17-22 England Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 20,000

WEEK 5

Friday 18th July 2025

Samoa Scotland Samoa 12-41 Scotland Eden Park, Auckland

Saturday 19th July 2025

New Zealand France New Zealand v France FMG Stadium, Hamilton Kick-off: 8:05am (7:05pm local)
South Africa Georgia South Africa v Georgia Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Kick-off: 4:10pm (5:10pm local)
Argentina Uruguay Argentina v Uruguay Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Kick-off: 8:40pm (4:40pm local)

WEEK 6

Tuesday 22nd July 2025

First Nations and Pasifika XV Lions First Nations and Pasifika XV v Lions Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Kick-off: 11:00am (8:00pm local)

Saturday 26th July 2025


WEEK 7

Saturday 2nd August 2025

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Summer Internationals Rugby News

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18th July 2025

Scotland bounced back in emphatic fashion to round off their Pacific tour with a 41-12 victory over Samoa.

Lions players in a huddle during match against ACT Brumbies on 2025 Lions tour

Preview: Australia v Lions 1st Test talking points

18th July 2025

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Joe Schmidt at Wallabies training session before 1st Test on 2025 Lions tour

Joe Schmidt insists injuries will not affect Australia ahead of first Lions Test

17th July 2025

Joe Schmidt has warned the British and Irish Lions that Australia will still be competitive in Saturday’s first Test despite the loss of Will Skelton and Rob Valetini.

Marcus Smith in action for Lions against ACT Brumbies during 2025 Lions tour

Marcus Smith keeps Owen Farrell out of Lions squad for first Test in Australia

17th July 2025

Marcus Smith has defied expectations by winning a place on the bench for the British and Irish Lions’ first Test against Australia, but Owen Farrell and Henry Pollock miss out on selection.

Rory Sutherland at training session before Scotland v Wales match during 2025 Six Nations

Ewan Ashman and Rory Sutherland to start for Scotland before Lions duty

16th July 2025

Ewan Ashman and Rory Sutherland will both start for Scotland against Samoa before heading for British and Irish Lions duty.