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IRELAND WILL RETURN to Chicago this November to play New Zealand, nine years after the two countries first met there in a rugby international.
The game will take place on Saturday 1 November at Soldier Field at 3pm local time (8pm Irish time).
Pre-sale tickets are on sale now and general ticket sales start this Friday, 22 February.
The original game in 2016 saw Ireland enjoy a famous 40-29 win before a capacity crowd at the home of the Chicago Bears NFL side. It marked Ireland’s first senior men’s success against the All Blacks.
The sides met more recently last November when New Zealand won 23-13 in the Autumn International at the Aviva Stadium, and before that Ireland lost 28-24 in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final at the Stade de France in October 2023.
The remainder of Ireland’s Autumn Series fixtures for 2025 have also been announced.
They will face Japan on Saturday 8 November at 12.40pm, then take on Australia on Saturday 15 November at 8.10pm, and play South Africa on Saturday 22 November at 5.40pm.
Those three matches will all take place at the Aviva Stadium.
Our fixture list for the 2025 Autumn Nations Series has been confirmed! ✅#TeamOfUs
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 18, 2025
Written by Fintan O’Toole and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here.
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