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Google doodle celebrates Rugby World Cup 2019 Opening Day

Rugby World Cup, held every four years since 1987, this year is the first time in history that the tournament will be held in Asia, with a match between host country Japan and Russia.

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Google doodle celebrates Rugby World Cup 2019 Opening Day

Google Doodle on Friday celebrated the Opening Day of the Rugby World Cup, kicking off today inside Tokyo’s Ajinomoto Stadium.

Rugby World Cup, held every four years since 1987, this year is the first time in history that the tournament will be held in Asia, with a match between host country Japan and Russia.

Twenty teams are competing this year for a chance to bring home the Webb Ellis Cup, named after a 19th century schoolboy in the British Midlands town of Rugby, Warwickshire. “With a fine disregard for the rules of the game as played in his time,” as one historian wrote, William Webb Ellis grabbed the ball and ran with it, innovating a centuries-old game that would come to be known as modern rugby.

Defending champions New Zealand have won the Webb Ellis Cup three times, Australia and South Africa twice, and England once in 2003.

Rugby World Cup 2019 groups

POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D
Ireland New Zealand England Australia
Scotland South Africa France Wales
Japan Italy Argentina Georgia
Russia Namibia USA Fiji
Samoa Canada Tonga Uruguay

Rugby World Cup 2019 fixtures

Pool A

IRELAND, SCOTLAND, JAPAN, RUSSIA, SAMOA

Match 1

Japan vs Russia… Tokyo Stadium… Friday, September 20… 11.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 2

Ireland vs Scotland… International Stadium Yokohama… Sunday, September 22… 8.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 3

Russia vs Samoa… Kumagaya Rugby Stadium… Tuesday, September 24… 11.15am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 4

Japan vs Ireland… Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa… Saturday, September 28… 8.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 5

Scotland vs Samoa… Kobe Misaki Stadium… Monday, September 30… 11.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 6

Ireland vs Russia… Kobe Misaki Stadium… Thursday, October 3… 11.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 7

Japan vs Samoa… City of Toyota Stadium… Saturday, October 5… 11.30am BST… (ITV)

Match 8

Scotland vs Russia… Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa… Wednesday, October 9… 8.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 9

Ireland vs Samoa… Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium… Saturday, October 12… 11.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 10

Japan vs Scotland… International Stadium Yokohama… Sunday, October 13… 11.45am BST… (ITV)

Pool B

N ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ITALY, NAMIBIA, CANADA

Match 1

New Zealand vs South Africa… International Stadium Yokohama… Saturday, September 21… 10.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 2

Italy vs Namibia… Hanazono Rugby Stadium… Sunday, September 22… 6.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 3

Italy vs Canada… Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium… Thursday, September 26… 8.45am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 4

South Africa vs Namibia… City of Toyota Stadium… Saturday, September 28… 10.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 5

New Zealand vs Canada… Oita Stadium… Wednesday, October 2… 11.15am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 6

South Africa vs Italy… Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa… Friday, October 4… 10.45am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 7

New Zealand vs Namibia… Tokyo Stadium… Sunday, October 6… 5.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 8

South Africa vs Canada… Kobe Misaki Stadium… Tuesday, October 8… 11.15am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 9

New Zealand vs Italy… City of Toyota Stadium… Saturday, October 12… 5.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 10

Namibia vs Canada… Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium… Sunday, October 13… 4.15am BST… (ITV)

Pool C

ENGLAND, FRANCE, ARGENTINA, USA, TONGA

Match 1

France vs Argentina… Tokyo Stadium… Saturday, September 21… 8.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 2

England vs Tonga… Sapporo Dome… Sunday, September 22… 11.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 3

England vs USA… Kobe Misaki Stadium… Thursday, September 26… 11.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 4

Argentina vs Tonga… Hanazono Rugby Stadium… Saturday, September 28… 5.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 5

France vs USA… Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium… Wednesday, October 2… 8.45am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 6

England vs Argentina… Tokyo Stadium… Saturday, October 5… 9am BST… (ITV)

Match 7

France vs Tonga… Kumamoto Stadium… Sunday, October 6… 8.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 8

Argentina vs USA… Kumagaya Rugby Stadium… Wednesday, October 9… 5.45am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 9

England vs France… International Stadium Yokohama… Saturday, October 12… 9.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 10

USA vs Tonga… Hanazono Rugby Stadium… Sunday, October 13… 6.45am BST… (ITV)

Pool D

AUSTRALIA, WALES, GEORGIA, FIJI, URUGUAY

Match 1

Australia vs Fiji… Sapporo Dome… Saturday, September 21… 5.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 2

Wales vs Georgia… City of Toyota Stadium… Monday, September 23… 11.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 3

Fiji vs Uruguay… Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium… Wednesday, September 25… 6.15am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 4

Georgia vs Uruguay… Kumagaya Rugby Stadium… Sunday, September 29… 6.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 5

Australia vs Wales… Tokyo Stadium… Sunday, September 29… 8.45am BST… (ITV)

Match 6

Georgia vs Fiji… Hanazono Rugby Stadium… Thursday, October 3… 6.15am BST… (ITV 4)

Match 7

Australia vs Uruguay… Oita Stadium… Saturday, October 5… 6.15am BST… (ITV)

Match 8

Wales vs Fiji… Oita Stadium… Wednesday, October 9… 10.45am BST

Match 9

Australia vs Georgia, Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Friday, October 11

Match 10

Wales vs Uruguay, Kumamoto Stadium, Sunday, October 13, 9.15am BST

When is the final?

The Quarter-Finals are on October 19-20.

The Semi-Finals are on October 26-27.

The Bronze Final is on November 1.

The Final is on November 2.

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