That's Guangzhou Rugby World Cup Guide

By Matthew Bossons, September 18, 2015

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The Rugby World Cup 2015 starts tonight (or tomorrow morning at 3am for those who care) and runs until October 31, with the final kick off at the witching hour. Scary.

For those of you curious where you can catch a game in Guangzhou, we have done the hunting for you and compiled this one-stop guide on where and when to watch the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Scroll down to find all games with their kick offs in China time.


Hooley’s Irish Pub

Are you charging an entry fee?

“Free.”

Do you have any special deals on?

“Free pint on every fifth Merchants&Co draft beer.”

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Will you be opening for the 3am games?

Unable to answer by deadline. Call for details on late games: 3886 2675.

Address: No. 101, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城兴盛路101号


McCawley’s Irish Pub

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Are you charging an entry fee?

“Free.”

Do you have any special deals on?

"Beer of the month on special for all games, kitchen open with a limited menu – even for late games.”

Will you be opening for the 3am games?

“Open for the big ones.” Call for details on 3am games: 3801 7000.

Address:16 Huacheng Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城花城大道16号

Your venue not on the list? Email venue details and answers to the above three questions to matthewbossons@urbanatomy.com and we'll add you.


Fixtures in Guangzhou time:

Please note, after much deliberation on the drinking habits of rugby fans, we have decided to present all games under the date they kick off in the UK (as that is when we would expect you to start preparing for games... with liberal amounts of alcohol). All kick offs rolling over into the wee hours of the next day are clearly marked in italics.

Friday September 18

England v. Fiji – 3am Saturday morning

Saturday September 19

Tonga v. Georgia – 19:00


Ireland v. Canada – 21:30


South Africa v. Japan – 23:45
, France v. Italy – 3am Sunday morning

Sunday September 20

Samoa v. USA – 19:00


Wales v. Uruguay – 21:30


New Zealand v. Argentina – 23:45

Wednesday September 23

Scotland v. Japan – 21:30

Australia v. Fiji – 23:45

France v. Romania – 3am Thursday morning

Thursday September 24

New Zealand v. Namibia – 3am Friday morning

Friday September 25

Argentina v. Georgia – 23:45

Saturday September 26

Italy v. Canada – 21:30


South Africa v. Samoa – 23:45


England v. Wales 3:00 Sunday morning

Sunday September 27

Australia v. Uruguay – 19:00


Scotland v. USA – 21:30

Ireland v. Romania – 23:45

Tuesday September 29

Tonga v. Namibia – 23:45

Thursday October 1

Wales v. Fiji – 23:45


France v. Canada – 3am Friday morning

Friday October 2

New Zealand v. Georgia – 3am Saturday morning

Saturday October 3

Samoa v. Japan – 21:30


South Africa v. Scotland – 23:45

England v. Australia – 3:00 Sunday morning

Sunday October 4

Argentina v. Tonga – 21:30


Ireland v. Italy – 23:45

Tuesday October 6

Canada v. Romania – 23:45


Fiji v. Uruguay – 3am Wednesday morning

Wednesday October 7

South Africa v. USA – 23:45


Namibia v. Georgia – 3:00 Thursday morning

Friday October 9

New Zealand v. Tonga – 3am Saturday morning

Saturday October 10

Samoa v. Scotland – 21:30


Australia v. Wales – 23:45


England v. Uruguay – 3am Sunday morning

Sunday October 11

Argentina v. Namibia – 19:00


Italy v. Romania – 21:30

France v. Ireland – 23:45

USA v. Japan – 3am Monday morning

Saturday October 17

Quarter Final 1: Winner pool B v. Runner-up pool A – 23:00


Quarter Final 2: Winner pool C v. Runner-up pool D – 3am Sunday morning

Sunday October 18

Quarter Final 3: Winner pool D v. Runner-up pool C – 20:00

Quarter Final 4: Winner Pool A v. Runner-up pool B – 23:00

Saturday October 24

Semi Final 1: Winner QF1 v. Winner QF2 – 23:00

Sunday October 25

Semi Final 2: Winner QF3 v. Winner QF4 – 12 midnight

Friday October 30

Third/Fourth Place Playoff - 4am Saturday morning

Saturday October 31

World Cup Final - 12 midnight

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