Summer Series: dates and times of Italy’s test matches with Samoa, Tonga and Japan

Italy’s Summer Series will see the Azzurri involved in three challenging test matches with Samoa, Tonga and Japan.

The calendar of the Azzurri, who will be based in New Zealand in preparation for the first two matches, includes a first match against Samoa which will be played on Friday 5 July in Apia with kick-off set for 5pm local time or when in Italy it will be 6.00 in the morning.

A week later, on Friday 12 July, it will be the turn of Tonga-Italy which will be played in Nuku’Alofa at 3pm local time, 4.00am Italian time. The third and final match of the Italrugby will be on Sunday 21 July when, in Sapporo, Japan-Italy will be played with the kick-off scheduled for 2.05pm in Japan or 7.05am here.

Read also: Italy’s squad for the summer tour against Samoa, Tonga and Japan

At the moment, as we had already anticipated, there is still no certain news on the possibility of seeing the live television broadcast of the three matches of the Summer Series featuring the Quesada boys. As regards the many other summer test match challenges on TV, you can find the calendar for the three weekends in July at this link.

As always, if there are any developments on live TV and streaming for the Italy tests, you will find updates in our “Rugby on TV” section.

The match calendar of Italy’s 2024 Summer Tour with Samoa, Tonga and Japan

Friday 5 July
5.00 pm local time (6.00 am Italian time) – Apia, Samoa v Italy

Friday 12 July
3.00pm local (4.00am Italian) – Nuku’Alofa, Tonga v Italy

Sunday 21 July
2.05pm local time (7.05am Italian time) – Sapporo, Japan v Italy

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