By Chirs Hoddle
July 23 2024

Big thanks to Chris for sending this over, including all the olympic matches...

Rugby on TV

Wednesday 24^th July to Tuesday 30^th July

The Olympic rugby tournament starts on Wednesday and the tournament provides the majority of rugby on TV Of course the men’s GB team did not qualify but the Ladies did.

The games can be found on Eurosprts 2, Iplayer, BBC website BBC red button and Disc +

The women’s U20 tournament can be found on Rugby Pass.

There is also a Currie Cup match on friday

Here is the likely timetable for the Men’s and Ladies tournaments

Wednesday 24^th July

Women’s U20 tournament

                        17.30              England         v          USA                Rugby Pass

                        20.00              Wales             v          Canada          Rugby Pass

Summer Olympics - Men's

Pool A

Ireland 7s versus South Africa 7s, 16:30

New Zealand 7s versus Japan 7s, 17:00

Ireland 7s versus Japan 7s, 20:00

New Zealand 7s versus South Africa 7s, 20:30

Pool B

Australia 7s versus Samoa 7s, 14:30

Argentina 7s versus Kenya 7s, 15:00

Australia 7s versus Kenya 7s, 18:00

Argentina 7s versus Samoa 7s, 18:30

Pool C

France 7s versus USA 7s, 15:30

Fiji 7s versus Uruguay 7s, 16:00

France 7s versus Uruguay 7s, 19:00

Fiji 7s versus USA 7s, 19:30

Thursday 25^th July

Pool A

South Africa 7s versus Japan 7s, 15:00

New Zealand 7s versus Ireland 7s, 15:30

Pool B

Samoa 7s versus Kenya 7s, 13:00

Argentina 7s versus Australia 7s, 13:30

Pool C

USA 7s versus Uruguay 7s, 14:00

Fiji 7s versus France 7s, 14:30

1A verses 2nd Best 3^rd  20:00

2B versus 2C, 20:30

1C versus 2A, 21:00

1B versus Best 3rd, 21:30

Placement Matches

9th Place versus 12th Place, 19:00

10th Place versus 11th Place, 19:30

Friday 26^th July

Currie Cup

            14.00              Griffons                      v          Cheetahs                  Sky Action

Saturday 27^th  July

International

20.00              Uraguay                     v          Scotland        TNT2/Disc+/BBcweb

Men’s Olympic

Placement Matches

Loser QF1 versus Loser QF2, 13:30

Loser QF3 versus Loser QF4, 14:00

Semi-final

Winner QF1 versus Winner QF2, 14:30

Winner QF3 versus Winner QF4, 15:00

9-12 SF1 Loser versus 9-12 SF2 Loser, 15:30

9-12 SF1 Winner versus 9-12 SF2 Winner, 16:00

5-8 SF1 Loser versus 5-8 SF2 Loser, 17:00

Placement Matches 5/6 Place Play-off

5-8 SF1 Winner versus 5-8 SF2 Winner, 17:30

Summer Olympics - Men's

Loser SF1 versus Loser SF2, 18:00

Winner SF1 versus Winner SF2, 18:45

Sunday 28^th  July

Women’s Tournament

Pool A

Fiji 7s versus Canada 7s, 16:30

New Zealand 7s versus China 7s, 17:00

Fiji 7s versus China 7s, 20:00

New Zealand 7s versus Canada 7s, 20:30

Pool B

Ireland 7s versus Great Britain 7s, 14:30

Australia 7s versus South Africa 7s, 15:00

Ireland 7s versus South Africa 7s, 18:00

Australia 7s versus Great Britain 7s, 18:30

Pool C

USA 7s versus Japan 7s, 15:30

France 7s versus Brazil 7s, 16:00

USA 7s versus Brazil 7s, 19:00

France 7s versus Japan 7s, 19:30

Monday 29^th July

Pool A

Canada 7s versus China 7s, 15:00

New Zealand 7s versus Fiji 7s, 15:30

Pool B

Great Britain 7s versus South Africa 7s, 13:00

Australia 7s versus Ireland 7s, 13:30

Pool C

Japan 7s versus Brazil 7s, 14:00

France 7s versus USA 7s, 14:30

Placement Games

9th Place versus 12th Place, 19:00

10th Place versus 11th Place, 19:30

1A  verses 2nd Best 3^rd 20.00

2B versus 2C, 20:30

1C versus 2A, 21:00

1B versus Best 3rd, 21:30

Tuesday 30^th July

Summer Olympics - Women's

Placement Matches

Loser QF1 versus Loser QF2, 13:30

Loser QF3 versus Loser QF4, 14:00

Semi-final

Winner QF1 versus Winner QF2, 14:30

Winner QF3 versus Winner QF4, 15:00

9-12 SF1 Loser versus 9-12 SF2 Loser, 15:30

9-12 SF1 Winner versus 9-12 SF2 Winner, 16:00

Placement Matches 5/6 Place Play-off

5-8 SF1 Winner versus 5-8 SF2 Winner, 17:30

Final and ¾ matches

Loser SF1 versus Loser SF2, 18:00

Winner SF1 versus Winner SF2, 18:45