RWC 2023 - Round 2 Team Announcements

Check out the teams ahead of the second round of Coupe du Monde, taking on Thursday the 14th, Friday the 15th, Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th of September 2023.

Lineup for France vs Uruguay, Thursday, September 14, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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FRANCE : 1. J. GROS 2. P. BOURGARIT 3. D. ALDEGHERI 4. C. WOKI 5. R. TAOFIFENUA 6. P. BOUDEHENT 7. S. MACALOU 8. A. JELONCH 9. M. LUCU 10. A. HASTOY 11. G. VILLIÈRE 12. Y. MOEFANA 13. A. VINCENT 14. L. BIELLE-BIARREY 15. M. JAMINET
16. P. MAUVAKA 17. R. WARDI 18. S. FALATEA 19. B. CHALUREAU 20. T. FLAMENT 21. F. CROS 22. B. COUILLOUD 23. T. RAMOS

12 changes in France starting XV :

1. GROS → WARDI

2. BOURGARIT → MARCHAND

3. ALDEGHERI → ATONIO

5. TAOFIFENUA → FLAMENT

6. BOUDEHENT → CROS

7. MACALOU → OLLIVON

8. JELONCH → ALLDRITT

9. LUCU → DUPONT

10. HASTOY → JALIBERT

13. VINCENT → FICKOU

14. BIELLE-BIARREY → PENAUD

15. JAMINET → RAMOS

URUGUAY : 1. M. SANGUINETTI 2. G. PUJADAS 3. I. PÉCULO 4. F. ALIAGA 5. M. LEINDEKAR 6. M. ARDAO 7. S. CIVETTA 8. M. DIANA 9. S. ARATA 10. F. ETCHEVERRY 11. N. FREITAS 12. A. VILASECA 13. T. INCIARTE 14. B. BASSO 15. B. AMAYA
16. F. GATTAS 17. M. BENITEZ 18. R. PIUSSI 19. I. DOTTI 20. L. BIANCHI 21. C. DEUS 22. A. ORMAECHEA 23. F. BERCHESI

No change

→ Game sheet and stats for France - Uruguay

Lineup for New Zealand vs Namibia, Friday, September 15, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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NEW ZEALAND : 1. O. TU'UNGAFASI 2. S. TAUKEI'AHO 3. N. LAULALA 4. B. RETALLICK 5. S. WHITELOCK 6. L. JACOBSON 7. D. PAPALI'I 8. A. SAVEA 9. C. ROIGARD 10. D. MCKENZIE 11. L. FAINGA'ANUKU 12. D. HAVILI 13. A. LIENERT-BROWN 14. C. CLARKE 15. B. BARRETT
16. D. COLES 17. E. DE GROOT 18. F. NEWELL 19. S. BARRETT 20. T. VAA'I 21. A. SMITH 22. R. MO'UNGA 23. R. IOANE

11 changes in New Zealand starting XV :

1. TU'UNGAFASI → DE GROOT

2. TAUKEI'AHO → TAYLOR

4. RETALLICK → WHITELOCK

5. WHITELOCK → BARRETT

6. JACOBSON → VAA'I

9. ROIGARD → SMITH

10. MCKENZIE → MO'UNGA

11. FAINGA'ANUKU → TELEA

12. HAVILI → LIENERT-BROWN

13. LIENERT-BROWN → IOANE

14. CLARKE → JORDAN

NAMIBIA : 1. J. BENADE 2. T. VAN JAARSVELD 3. A. COETZEE 4. J. RETIEF 5. T. UANIVI 6. W. CONRADIE 7. P. GAOSEB 8. R. HARDWICK 9. D. STEVENS 10. T. SWANEPOEL 11. D. ROSSOUW 12. L. MALAN 13. J. DEYSEL 14. G. MOUTON 15. C. LOUBSER
16. L. VAN DER WESTHUIZEN 17. D. SETHIE 18. H. SHIKUFA 19. P. VAN LILL 20. A. BOOYSEN 21. M. KATJIJEKO 22. J. THERON 23. J. GREYLING

6 changes in Namibia starting XV :

1. BENADE → SETHIE

4. RETIEF → LUDICK

7. GAOSEB → RETIEF

11. ROSSOUW → GREYLING

12. MALAN → BURGER

15. LOUBSER → ROSSOUW

→ Game sheet and stats for New Zealand - Namibia

Lineup for Samoa vs Chile, Saturday, September 16, 2023, Kickoff 03:00PM

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SAMOA : 1. J. LAY 2. S. LAM 3. M. ALAALATOA 4. C. VUI 5. T. MCFARLAND 6. T. SEU 7. F. LEE 8. S. LUATUA 9. J. TAUMATEINE 10. C. LEALI'IFANO 11. N. AH WONG 12. T. MANU 13. U. SEUTENI 14. D. TOALA 15. D. PAIA'AUA
16. S. MALOLO 17. J. LAY 18. P. ALO-EMILE 19. S. SLADE 20. J. TAUFUA 21. E. ENARI 22. L. SOPOAGA 23. E. FIDOW

No change

CHILE : 1. J. CARRASCO 2. T. DUSSAILLANT 3. M. DITTUS 4. P. HUETE 5. S. PEDRERO 6. M. SIGREN 7. C. SAAVEDRA 8. R. MARTÍNEZ 9. M. TORREALBA 10. R. FERNÁNDEZ 11. J. LARENAS 12. M. GARAFULIC 13. D. SAAVEDRA 14. S. VIDELA 15. I. AYARZA
16. D. ESCOBAR 17. S. LUES 18. E. INOSTROZA 19. J. EISSMANN 20. A. ESCOBAR 21. I. SILVA 22. B. VIDELA 23. P. CASAS

6 changes in Chile starting XV :

2. DUSSAILLANT → ESCOBAR

4. HUETE → SAAVEDRA

5. PEDRERO → EISSMANN

7. SAAVEDRA → MARTÍNEZ

8. MARTÍNEZ → ESCOBAR

11. LARENAS → VELARDE

→ Game sheet and stats for Samoa - Chile

Lineup for Wales vs Portugal, Saturday, September 16, 2023, Kickoff 05:45PM

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WALES : 1. N. SMITH 2. D. LAKE 3. D. LEWIS 4. C. TSHIUNZA 5. D. JENKINS 6. D. LYDIATE 7. J. MORGAN 8. T. FALETAU 9. T. WILLIAMS 10. G. ANSCOMBE 11. R. DYER 12. J. WILLIAMS 13. M. GRADY 14. L. REES-ZAMMIT 15. L. HALFPENNY
16. R. ELIAS 17. C. DOMACHOWSKI 18. T. FRANCIS 19. A. BEARD 20. T. BASHAM 21. G. DAVIES 22. S. COSTELOW 23. J. ADAMS

12 changes in Wales starting XV :

1. SMITH → THOMAS

2. LAKE → ELIAS

3. LEWIS → FRANCIS

4. TSHIUNZA → ROWLANDS

5. JENKINS → BEARD

6. LYDIATE → WAINWRIGHT

9. WILLIAMS → DAVIES

10. ANSCOMBE → BIGGAR

11. DYER → ADAMS

12. WILLIAMS → TOMPKINS

13. GRADY → NORTH

15. HALFPENNY → WILLIAMS

PORTUGAL : 1. F. FERNANDES 2. M. TADJER 3. A. ALVÈS 4. M. BELO 5. S. CERQUEIRA 6. J. GRANATE 7. N. MARTINS 8. R. SIMÕES 9. S. MARQUÈS 10. J. PORTELA 11. R. MARTA 12. T. APPLETON 13. J. LIMA 14. V. PINTO 15. N. SOUSA GUEDES
16. D. COSTA 17. L. CAMPERGUE 18. D. FERREIRA 19. T. DE FREITAS 20. D. WALLIS 21. P. LUCAS 22. J. MOURA 23. R. COSTA STORTI

No change

→ Game sheet and stats for Wales - Portugal

Lineup for Ireland vs Tonga, Saturday, September 16, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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IRELAND : 1. A. PORTER 2. R. KELLEHER 3. T. FURLONG 4. T. BEIRNE 5. J. RYAN 6. P. O'MAHONY 7. J. VAN DER FLIER 8. C. DORIS 9. C. MURRAY 10. J. SEXTON 11. J. LOWE 12. B. AKI 13. G. RINGROSE 14. M. HANSEN 15. H. KEENAN
16. R. HERRING 17. D. KILCOYNE 18. F. BEALHAM 19. I. HENDERSON 20. R. BAIRD 21. C. CASEY 22. R. BYRNE 23. R. HENSHAW

6 changes in Ireland starting XV :

2. KELLEHER → HERRING

4. BEIRNE → MCCARTHY

6. O'MAHONY → BEIRNE

7. VAN DER FLIER → O'MAHONY

9. MURRAY → GIBSON-PARK

14. HANSEN → EARLS

TONGA : 1. S. FISI'IHOI 2. P. NGAUAMO 3. B. TAMEIFUNA 4. S. LOUSI 5. L. FIFITA 6. T. HALAIFONUA 7. S. HAVILI 8. V. FIFITA 9. A. PULU 10. W. HAVILI 11. S. KATA 12. P. AHKI 13. M. FEKITOA 14. A. TAUMOEPEAU 15. C. PIUTAU
16. S. MOLI 17. J. APIKOTOA 18. T. KOLOAMATANGI 19. S. PAEA 20. S. FUNAKI 21. S. VAILANU 22. T. TAKULUA 23. F. INISI

No change

→ Game sheet and stats for Ireland - Tonga

Lineup for South Africa vs Romania, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Kickoff 03:00PM

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SOUTH AFRICA : 1. O. NCHÉ 2. B. MBONAMBI 3. T. NYAKANE 4. J. KLEYN 5. M. ORIE 6. M. VAN STADEN 7. K. SMITH 8. D. VERMEULEN 9. C. REINACH 10. D. WILLEMSE 11. M. MAPIMPI 12. A. ESTERHUIZEN 13. C. MOODIE 14. G. WILLIAMS 15. W. LE ROUX
16. D. FOURIE 17. S. KITSHOFF 18. F. MALHERBE 19. R. SNYMAN 20. J. WIESE 21. J. HENDRIKSE 22. F. DE KLERK 23. J. KRIEL

15 changes in South Africa starting XV :

1. NCHÉ → KITSHOFF

2. MBONAMBI → MARX

3. NYAKANE → MALHERBE

4. KLEYN → ETZEBETH

5. ORIE → MOSTERT

6. VAN STADEN → KOLISI

7. SMITH → DU TOIT

8. VERMEULEN → WIESE

9. REINACH → DE KLERK

10. WILLEMSE → LIBBOK

11. MAPIMPI → KOLBE

12. ESTERHUIZEN → DE ALLENDE

13. MOODIE → KRIEL

14. WILLIAMS → ARENDSE

15. LE ROUX → WILLEMSE

ROMANIA : 1. I. HARTIG 2. O. COJOCARU 3. A. GORDAȘ 4. A. MOȚOC 5. M. IFTIMICIUC 6. A. GORIN 7. V. NECULAU 8. C. CHIRICA 9. G. RUPANU 10. H. VAOVASA 11. N. ONUTU 12. T. GONTINEAC 13. J. TOMANE 14. T. MANUMUA 15. M. SIMIONESCU
16. R. IRIMESCU 17. A. SAVIN 18. T. CRÉTU 19. Ș. IANCU 20. D. STRĂTILĂ 21. C. BOBOC 22. A. CONACHE 23. G. POP

5 changes in Romania starting XV :

5. IFTIMICIUC → IANCU

6. GORIN → ROȘU

11. ONUTU → MANUMUA

12. GONTINEAC → TANGIMANA

14. MANUMUA → ONUTU

→ Game sheet and stats for South Africa - Romania

Lineup for Australia vs Fiji, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Kickoff 05:45PM

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AUSTRALIA : 1. A. BELL 2. D. PORECKI 3. J. SLIPPER 4. N. FROST 5. R. ARNOLD 6. T. HOOPER 7. F. MCREIGHT 8. R. VALETINI 9. N. WHITE 10. C. GORDON 11. M. KOROIBETE 12. S. KEREVI 13. J. PETAIA 14. M. NAWAQANITAWASE 15. B. DONALDSON
16. J. UELESE 17. B. SCHOUPP 18. Z. NONGGORR 19. M. PHILIP 20. R. LEOTA 21. I. FINES 22. L. FOKETI 23. S. VUNIVALU

4 changes in Australia starting XV :

3. SLIPPER → TUPOU

4. FROST → ARNOLD

5. ARNOLD → SKELTON

9. WHITE → MCDERMOTT

FIJI : 1. E. MAWI 2. S. MATAVESI 3. L. TAGI 4. I. NASILASILA 5. T. CIRIKIDAVETA 6. L. TAGITAGIVALU 7. L. BOTIA 8. V. MATA 9. S. KURUVOLI 10. T. TELA 11. S. RADRADRA 12. J. TUISOVA 13. W. NAYACALEVU 14. J. WAINIQOLO 15. I. DROASESE
16. T. IKANIVERE 17. P. RAVAI 18. M. DOGE 19. T. MAYANAVANUA 20. A. TUISUE 21. F. LOMANI 22. V. BOTITU 23. V. HABOSI

6 changes in Fiji starting XV :

6. TAGITAGIVALU → TUISUE

7. BOTIA → TAGITAGIVALU

9. KURUVOLI → LOMANI

11. RADRADRA → HABOSI

12. TUISOVA → RADRADRA

14. WAINIQOLO → RAVUTAUMADA

→ Game sheet and stats for Australia - Fiji

Lineup for England vs Japan, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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ENGLAND : 1. J. MARLER 2. J. GEORGE 3. K. SINCKLER 4. M. ITOJE 5. O. CHESSUM 6. C. LAWES 7. B. EARL 8. L. LUDLAM 9. A. MITCHELL 10. G. FORD 11. E. DALY 12. M. TUILAGI 13. J. MARCHANT 14. J. MAY 15. F. STEWARD
16. T. DAN 17. E. GENGE 18. W. STUART 19. G. MARTIN 20. B. VUNIPOLA 21. B. YOUNGS 22. M. SMITH 23. O. LAWRENCE

4 changes in England starting XV :

1. MARLER → GENGE

3. SINCKLER → COLE

7. EARL → CURRY

8. LUDLAM → EARL

JAPAN : 1. K. INAGAKI 2. S. HORIE 3. J. GU 4. J. CORNELSEN 5. A. FAKATAVA 6. M. LEITCH 7. L. LABUSCHAGNÉ 8. K. HIMENO 9. Y. NAGARE 10. R. MATSUDA 11. J. NAIKABULA 12. R. NAKAMURA 13. T. OSADA 14. K. MATSUSHIMA 15. S. MASIREWA
16. A. SAKATE 17. C. MILLAR 18. A. AI VALU 19. W. DEARNS 20. K. SHIMOKAWA 21. N. SAITO 22. D. RILEY 23. L. LEMEKI

5 changes in Japan starting XV :

2. HORIE → SAKATE

4. CORNELSEN → SAUMAKI

7. LABUSCHAGNÉ → SHIMOKAWA

8. HIMENO → CORNELSEN

13. OSADA → RILEY

→ Game sheet and stats for England - Japan

NB : changes in starting XV are determined from the last game in the same competition.