Rugby fans, the time has come. The Autumn Rugby Internationals – the highlight of the annual rugby roster – will soon be upon us. You’d better be ready to immerse yourself in the ‘Game Played in Heaven’, because we’re about to witness a series of epic encounters between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere teams.
This is the only time of the year that the Southern Hemisphere giants will visit Europe – so rugby fans will want to make the most of the tests closer to home, before the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Starting tomorrow (3 November 2018), the Autumn Rugby Internationals promise to be an awesome spectacle of sporting prowess. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will each play four matches on consecutive Saturdays this month.
Watch with baited breath as teams from the UK and Europe wow in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2019, taking on colossal teams including South Africa’s mighty Springboks – arguably the best in the world. As well as that, prepare to watch teams closer to home go head to head with the likes of Argentina (who have made giant leaps ever since they joined the Rugby Championship), Australia’s famous Wallabies and the fearsome All Blacks of New Zealand.
Watch the Autumn Internationals in France
Besides the slew of games on home turf in amazing spaces such as the Twickenham Stadium in London and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, there are plenty of exciting games to catch across the Channel in France. Le Bleus are set to enter their first November Tests under French rugby union coach and former player Jacques Brunel, who will try help the team bounce back from a difficult tour of New Zealand. And it appears that France have a number of players hitting form at just the right time.
Fixtures in France
If you plan on exploring Paris this autumn, why not combine some sightseeing in the city of lights with a spot of rugby too? Watch two of the biggest names in rugby go head to head, as France are set to play South Africa at the beautiful Stade de France in Paris at 7.45pm on Saturday 10 November.
And if you’re catching a ferry to Calais to pick up some delicious French fare, you’re only a short one hour drive away from Lille and the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, where France will take on Argentina on Saturday 17 November. Finally, in the penultimate test of the Autumn Internationals, France will play Fiji at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday 24 November.
Ready to go to the Rugby Internationals? Book your ferry crossing to France, now!
