England to play in Newcastle before heading to Japan

England Rugby have confirmed that they will play a home Test match in Newcastle for the first time as the 2019 Quilter Internationals were announced today.

Eddie Jones’ side will play four warm-up matches as part of their final preparations before the team depart for Japan.

England’s 2019 Quilter Internationals see them take on Wales (Sunday 11 August, KO 14:00 local time) and Ireland (Saturday 24 August, KO 15:00 local time) at Twickenham Stadium before heading to St James’ Park in Newcastle for their final warm-up match against Italy (Friday 6 September; 19:45) before the squad flies to Tokyo. 

Preparations will also see England travel to Cardiff for an away fixture against Wales (Saturday 17 August, KO TBC).


This will be the first England fixture in Newcastle and the first time a match featuring England has taken place outside of Twickenham since the team’s final Rugby World Cup 2015 pool fixture against Uruguay which was held at Manchester City’s stadium.