20/21 June Notes: •
Finlay Bealham,
Scott Cummings,
Ben Earl,
Tommy Freeman,
Ellis Genge,
Mack Hansen,
Rónan Kelleher,
Alex Mitchell,
Jac Morgan,
Henry Pollock,
Pierre Schoeman,
Fin Smith,
Sione Tuipulotu and
Tomos Williams all made their Lions debuts. • This was Argentina's first win over the British and Irish Lions. • This was the British and Irish Lions first home loss to an international opposition; though had previously lost at home to a
World XV ('The Rest') side in
1986. • Argentina claim the 1888 Cup. ---- ---- ----
24 June 26 June 27/28 June ----
Notes: • This was Italy’s largest-ever winning margin in an away Test Match, surpassing the previous 61-point margin set against Portugal during the
1995-1997 FIRA Trophy. •
Sidney Halupé,
Jurgen Meyer,
Danie van der Merwe (all Namibia),
Mirko Belloni,
Tommaso Di Bartolomeo and
Muhamed Hasa (all Italy) made their international debuts. ---- ----
5/6 July Notes: • This was Scotland's first win over the Māori All Blacks. ----
Notes: •
Ichigo Nakakusu,
Kippei Ishida,
Yota Kamimori,
Shuntaro Kitamura,
Waisake Raratubua,
Halatoa Vailea (all Japan) and
Liam Belcher (Wales) made their international debuts. • Japan win against a Tier 1 side for the first time since 2019, where they won against
Scotland 28–21. • With this loss, Wales drop to 14th on the
World Rugby Rankings, their lowest position. ----
Notes: •
Fabian Holland,
Du'Plessis Kirifi,
Christian Lio-Willie,
Ollie Norris (all New Zealand),
Giorgi Beria,
Tyler Duguid,
Paul Mallez,
Régis Montagne,
Joris Segonds,
Tom Spring and
Jacobus van Tonder (all France) made their international debuts. ----
Notes: •
Vincent Tshituka (South Africa),
Matteo Canali,
Pablo Dimcheff and
David Odiase (all Italy) made their international debuts. ----
Notes: •
Thomas Ahern,
Jack Aungier,
Michael Milne,
Ben Murphy,
Darragh Murray,
Tommy O'Brien (all Ireland) made their international debuts. • This was the first time that Georgia has hosted Ireland. ---- ----
Notes: •
Santiago Valenzuela (Chile),
Antonio Mitrea and
Toni Maftei (both Romania) made their international debuts. • This was Chile's first win over Romania. • With this win, Chile broke into the top 20 (20th) of the
World Rugby Rankings for the first time, whilst Romania slipped out of the top 20 for the first time (21st). ----
Notes: •
Bautista Bernasconi,
Simón Benítez Cruz,
Benjamín Elizalde,
Nicolas Roger (all Argentina),
Seb Atkinson,
Will Muir and
Guy Pepper (all England) made their international debuts. •
George Ford became the eighth Englishman to earn 100 test caps. •
Pablo Matera matched
Agustín Creevy's record as Argentina's most capped player (110 caps). ----
Notes: • This was the first meeting between these two nations. ----
Notes: •
Philip Baselala and
Salesi Rayasi (both Fiji) made their international debuts. • Australia claim the inaugural Vuvale Bowl.
11/12 July ----
Notes: •
Sam Wye (Fiji) and
Fergus Burke (Scotland) made their international debuts. ----
Notes: •
Hayate Era,
Sam Greene,
Sena Kimura (all Japan),
Christian Coleman,
Keelan Giles and
Reuben Morgan-Williams (all Wales) made their international debuts. • Wales ended their 18-match losing streak, winning a test match for the first time since their 43–19 win over
Georgia during the
2023 Rugby World Cup (643 days). ----
Notes: •
Timoci Tavatavanawai (New Zealand),
Pierre Bochaton,
Joshua Brennan,
Thibault Daubagna,
Baptiste Erdocio,
Matthias Halagahu and
Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer (all France) made their international debuts. • New Zealand reclaimed the
Dave Gallaher Trophy. ----
Notes: •
Willie le Roux became the eighth South African to earn 100 test caps. •
Asenathi Ntlabakanye,
Ethan Hooker and
Cobus Wiese (all South Africa) made their international debuts. • This was the first time since
June 2008 that South Africa has kept Italy scoreless (26–0). • This was the first time since the
2023 Rugby World Cup that South Africa has kept their opposition scoreless (
Romania 76–0). • This was the first time since losing to
Ireland 36–0 during the
2024 Six Nations that Italy has failed to score any points. ----
Notes: •
Francisco Almeida,
Guilherme Costa (both Portugal),
Shayne Bolton,
Hugh Gavin and
Alex Kendellen (all Ireland) made their international debuts. • Portugal suffered their biggest defeat, which had previously been their 108–13 loss to
New Zealand during the
2007 Rugby World Cup; the last time they had conceded more than 100 points in a test match, • Ireland set a new record for their biggest win, surpassing their record held since 2000 against the
United States when they won 83–3. • This was the first time Ireland had scored more than 100 points in a game. ----
Notes: •
Francisco Suárez (Uruguay),
Ștefan Cojocariu,
Rafael Florea-Jilaveanu Alexandru Harasim,
Lukas Mitu and
Toma Mîrzac (all Romania) made their international test debuts. • This was Uruguay's biggest winning margin over Romania. ----
Notes: •
Benjamín Grondona,
Agustín Moyano (both Argentina) and
Luke Northmore (England) made their international debuts. •
Pablo Matera earned his 111th test cap to surpass
Agustín Creevy's record as Argentina's most capped player. ----
Notes: • This was Belgium's first win over Canada. • This was the first time since Canada lost to
Brazil 18–10 during the
2019 Americas Rugby Championship that they have lost to a tier 3 side. ----
Notes: •
Tom Pittman and
Christian Poidevin (both USA) made their international debuts. • Spain defeat the United States for the first time.
18/19 July Notes: •
Pita Anae Ah-Sue,
Niko Jones,
Kaynan Siteine-Tua,
Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong,
Connor Tupai and
Jacob Umaga (all Samoa) and
Fin Richardson (Scotland) made their international debuts. ---- ----
Notes: •
Emerson Prior (Canada) made his international debut. ----
Notes: •
Brodie McAlister (New Zealand) made his international debut. ----
Notes: •
Nick Champion de Crespigny (Australia) made his international debut. •
Ollie Chessum,
Ben Earl,
Tommy Freeman,
Ellis Genge,
Jamison Gibson-Park,
Huw Jones,
Hugo Keenan,
James Lowe,
Rónan Kelleher,
Joe McCarthy,
Alex Mitchell,
Andrew Porter,
Dan Sheehan,
Marcus Smith,
Will Stuart,
Sione Tuipulotu made their British and Irish test debuts. •
Maro Itoje (British & Irish Lions) earned his 100th test cap (93 England, 7 British & Irish Lions). •
James Slipper became the second Australian player to feature for Australia in back-to-back Lions Series in the professional era. • This was the first time since
1896 that a Welsh player has not been named in a Lions test side against any of the traditional oppositions. ----
Notes: •
Neethling Fouché,
Marnus van der Merwe,
Boan Venter (all South Africa) and
Sandro Mamamtavrishvili (Georgia) made their international debuts. • This was South Africa's largest winning margin over Georgia, surpassing the 31-point difference set in
2021. ----
Notes: •
Nicolás D’Amorim,
Santiago Pernas and
Faustino Sanchez Valarolo (all Argentina) made their international debuts. ----
Notes: •
Ezekiel Lindenmuth,
Rufus McLean (both USA),
Charlie Atkinson,
Oscar Beard,
Joe Carpenter,
Arthur Clark,
Gabriel Oghre and
Max Ojomoh (all England) made their international debuts.
26 July Notes: •
Blair Kinghorn,
Jac Morgan and
James Ryan made their British and Irish test debuts. • The British and Irish Lions won their first test series since
Australia 2013. • The British and Irish Lions won a test series with a game in hand for the first time since
South Africa 1997. • The British and Irish Lions won back-to-back test series against the same opposition for the first time in the professional era, and the first time since their series wins over Australia in
1966 and
1989. • This was the British and Irish Lions’ first test win in
Melbourne. • The 90,307 match attendance was a record crowd for a British & Irish Lions match, and the MCG's record largest rugby union crowd. • The
British & Irish Lions won the
Lions Series Trophy (established ahead of the
2021 South Africa tour) for the first time.
2 August ==See also==