Autumn Internationals 2024: Rugby fixtures, how to watch and England latest
The autumn internationals, or Autumn Nations Series to give it its official title, saw the best of northern and southern hemisphere rugby come together for a month of mouth-watering matches.
England were a disappointment. They lost their opening three matches, to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, before finally ending their losing run by thrashing Eddie Jones’ Japan to avoid an autumn whitewash.
Ireland, replaced by the Springboks as the world’s No 1 team, were also beaten by New Zealand. However, Andy Farrell’s men bounced back with a hard-fought victory over Argentina and a comfortable win against Fiji. They next host Australia.
Wales endured a miserable autumn, losing all three of their matches – to Fiji, Australia and South Africa – and setting a new, unwanted Welsh record of 12 Test defeats in a row.
Scotland played four, won three, their three victories coming against Japan, Portugal and Australia. In the one that really mattered, they too lost to South Africa.
France, meanwhile, won three out of three and defeated New Zealand in one of the games of the autumn, with their other wins coming against Japan and Argentina.
Full Autumn Nations Series fixtures
(All times GMT)
Saturday, November 2
- England 22 New Zealand 24
- Scotland 57 Fiji 17
Friday, November 8
- Ireland 13 New Zealand 23
Saturday, November 9
- England 37 Australia 42
- Italy 18 Argentina 50
- France 52 Japan 12
Sunday, November 10
- Wales 19 Fiji 24
- Scotland 15 South Africa 32
Friday, November 15
- Ireland 22 Argentina 19
Saturday, November 16
- Scotland 59 Portugal 21
- England 20 South Africa 29
- France 30 New Zealand 29
Sunday, November 17
- Italy 20 Georgia 17
- Wales 20 Australia 52
Friday, November 22
- France 37 Argentina 23
Saturday, November 23
- Ireland 52 Fiji 17
- Wales 12 South Africa 45
- Italy 11 New Zealand 29
Sunday, November 24
- Scotland 27 Australia 13
- England 59 Japan 14
Saturday, November 30
- Ireland v Australia, Aviva Stadium, 3.10pm
What TV channel are matches on?
In the UK and Ireland, each game is being shown live on TNT Sports and discovery+. Unlike the Six Nations, there is no free-to-air television coverage. The radio rights are held by the BBC, where commentary will be on BBC Radio 5 Live.
In France, TF1 are covering Les Bleus’ fixtures, with beIN SPORT offering every other match.
In Italy, Sky Italia continue to show every game.
