{"id":368922,"date":"2026-01-14T07:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368922\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:32:07","slug":"2026-super-rugby-pacific-pre-season-fixtures-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368922\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Super Rugby Pacific pre-season fixtures confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australian rivals the Western Force<\/a> and Queensland Reds<\/a> will play the first 2026 Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> pre-season fixture next week, with all 11 trial venues and dates confirmed ahead of round one on February 13.<\/p>\n

Super Rugby Pacific has released the full schedule of pre-season matches across Australia, New Zealand<\/a> and Fiji. While most of these fixtures had already been announced by each club, fans can now see a complete list of who is playing where and when.<\/p>\n

The Force host the first pre-season bout against the Reds at Perth\u2019s Scots College, with that game getting underway at 4:35 pm WST on Friday, January 23. There are no other fixtures next week, before a block of four matches on Friday, January 30.<\/p>\n

Sacred Heart College in Auckland<\/a> is the venue for a matchup between the Blues<\/a> and Hurricanes<\/a> at 1:30 pm NZT, before the Crusaders<\/a> play the Highlanders<\/a> later that afternoon (3:30 pm NZT) at Fraser Park in Timaru.<\/p>\n

2025 runners-up the Chiefs<\/a> take on the Fijian Drua<\/a> at Blake Park, Mount Maunganui, which fielded the Ignite7 tournament and SVNS Series warm-up fixtures last month. In the final match of the day, the Force return to Scotch College for their second pre-season fixture, facing the ACT Brumbies.<\/p>\n

The Reds and arch-rivals the NSW Waratahs<\/a> go head-to-head at Brisbane\u2019s Ballymore Stadium on Saturday, January 31. It\u2019s a quick turnaround for the Tahs, who travel to Marist College Rugby Grounds in Canberra for a clash with the Brumbies<\/a> five days later.<\/p>\n

Moana Pasifika<\/a> will take part in their first pre-season match when they come up against the Highlanders at Queenstown Events Centre on Friday, February 6. The Blues play the Crusaders and the Drua face Fiji<\/a> Provincial Selection Team in matches that afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the final match of the Super Rugby Pacific pre-season window, the Hurricanes take on the Chiefs at Jerry Collins<\/a> Stadium in Porirua. This fixture was confirmed by the Canes earlier this week, with the ground hosting an open training session on the Thursday before the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally excited to be able to play at Jerry Collins Stadium here in Porirua. He played a massive role in the club, and it\u2019s awesome to be able to repay that in some way,\u201d Hurricanes midfielder Riley Higgins<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s special to play in a community like Porirua, and we know the fans will be there in full force. We can\u2019t wait to see everyone there and mix and mingle after the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

2026 Super Rugby Pacific pre-season fixtures<\/p>\n

Friday, 23 January
Western Force v Queensland Reds \u2014 Scotch College, Perth, Australia (4.35pm WST)<\/p>\n

Friday, 30 January
Blues v Hurricanes \u2014 Sacred Heart College, Auckland, New Zealand (1.30pm NZT)
Chiefs v Fijian Drua \u2014 Blake Park, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand (3.00pm NZT)
Crusaders v Highlanders \u2014 Fraser Park, Timaru, New Zealand (3.30pm NZT)
Western Force v ACT Brumbies \u2014 Scotch College, Perth, Australia (4.35pm WST)<\/p>\n

Saturday, 31 January
Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs \u2014 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Australia (2.00pm AEST)<\/p>\n

Thursday, 5 February
ACT Brumbies v NSW Waratahs \u2014 Marist College Rugby Grounds, Canberra, Australia (1.30pm AEDT)<\/p>\n

Friday, 6 February
Highlanders v Moana Pasifika \u2014 Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown, New Zealand (2.30pm NZT)
Blues v Crusaders \u2014 Onewa Domain, Auckland, New Zealand (3.00pm NZT)
Fijian Drua v Fiji Provincial Selection Team \u2014 Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji (4.00pm FJT)<\/p>\n

Saturday, 7 February
Hurricanes v Chiefs \u2014 Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua, New Zealand (1.00pm NZT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian rivals the Western Force and Queensland Reds will play the first 2026 Super Rugby Pacific pre-season fixture…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-368922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}