2024 England rugby union tour of New Zealand

In July 2024, the England rugby union team is scheduled to tour New Zealand, where they will play two tests against the New Zealand national team, a part of the 2024 Summer Internationals. On the way to New Zealand, England will also play a match against Japan at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

The tour was first reported by The Times in December 2022, shortly after England coach Eddie Jones was sacked and replaced by Steve Borthwick by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). Although Southern Hemisphere tours have typically been played on a three-test basis, as in the 2014 tour; the 2016 and 2022 tours of Australia; and the 2018 tour of South Africa, all Northern Hemisphere touring teams (with Scotland being an exception) returned to two-tests.

The tour will be the England's first tour since touring Australia in 2022, and their first tour of New Zealand since 2014. It is expected to be Steve Borthwick's first tour as coach of England. Borthwick was previously the England captain when they toured New Zealand in 2008, losing the series 2–0. It will also be the first set of fixtures for New Zealand's new coach, Scott Robertson.

Fixtures

Squads

England

England named a 36-player touring squad on 10 June 2024.

⁽¹⁾ On 23 June 2024, Charlie Ewels was ruled out of the tests against New Zealand, after receiving a red card against Japan, which resulted in a two-match suspension. He was replaced in the England squad by Nick Isiekwe.

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as of 22 June 2024, the day of England's first test match of the summer series.

New Zealand

New Zealand named a 32-player squad for the summer test series on 24 June 2024.

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as of 6 July 2024, the day of New Zealand's first test match of the summer series.

Matches

Japan vs England

New Zealand vs England (1st test)

New Zealand vs England (2nd test)

See also

• 2024 mid-year rugby union tests
• 2024 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Uruguay
• 2024 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa
• 2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia

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