2003 Test rugby

92 Tests involving the ten nations. Best record of the year: England, 16–1–0 (94.1%). World Cup: England beat Australia 20–17 in the final.

Open 2003 in the atlas →← 2002 2004 →

Tests92

Sides22

Grounds22recorded

Draws0

Table of the year every side that played · win rate, then wins

Side	P	W	L	Win %
England	17	16	1	94.1
New Zealand	14	12	2	85.7
Argentina	14	11	3	78.6
Ireland	16	12	4	75.0
Australia	14	9	5	64.3
South Africa	12	7	5	58.3
France	18	10	8	55.6
Scotland	15	6	9	40.0
Italy	12	4	8	33.3
Wales	16	5	11	31.2
Canada	4	0	4	0.0
Chile	1	0	1	0.0
Fiji	3	0	3	0.0
Georgia	3	0	3	0.0
Japan	2	0	2	0.0
Namibia	3	0	3	0.0
Paraguay	1	0	1	0.0
Romania	5	0	5	0.0
Samoa	3	0	3	0.0
Tonga	4	0	4	0.0
USA	3	0	3	0.0
Uruguay	4	0	4	0.0

Every Test click a date to open it in the atlas

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Ground
2003-02-15	England	25–17	France	Championship	Twickenham
2003-02-15	Italy	30–22	Wales	Championship	not recorded
2003-02-16	Scotland	6–36	Ireland	Championship	Murrayfield
2003-02-22	Italy	13–37	Ireland	Championship	not recorded
2003-02-22	Wales	9–26	England	Championship	Millennium / Principality Stadium
2003-02-23	France	38–3	Scotland	Championship	Stade de France
2003-03-08	Ireland	15–12	France	Championship	Lansdowne Road
2003-03-08	Scotland	30–22	Wales	Championship	Murrayfield
2003-03-09	England	40–5	Italy	Championship	Twickenham
2003-03-22	England	40–9	Scotland	Championship	Twickenham
2003-03-22	Wales	24–25	Ireland	Championship	Millennium / Principality Stadium
2003-03-23	Italy	27–53	France	Championship	not recorded
2003-03-29	France	33–5	Wales	Championship	Stade de France
2003-03-29	Scotland	33–25	Italy	Championship	Murrayfield
2003-03-30	Ireland	6–42	England	Championship	Lansdowne Road
2003-04-27	Argentina	144–0	Paraguay	Test	not recorded
2003-04-30	Argentina	49–3	Chile	Test	not recorded
2003-05-03	Uruguay	0–32	Argentina	Test	not recorded
2003-06-07	Australia	45–16	Ireland	Test	not recorded
2003-06-07	South Africa	29–25	Scotland	Test	Kings Park
2003-06-14	Argentina	10–6	France	Test	not recorded
2003-06-14	Australia	30–10	Wales	Test	not recorded
2003-06-14	New Zealand	13–15	England	Test	not recorded
2003-06-14	South Africa	28–19	Scotland	Test	Ellis Park
2003-06-14	Tonga	19–40	Ireland	Test	not recorded
2003-06-20	Argentina	33–32	France	Test	not recorded
2003-06-20	Samoa	14–40	Ireland	Test	not recorded
2003-06-21	Australia	14–25	England	Test	not recorded
2003-06-21	New Zealand	55–3	Wales	Test	not recorded
2003-06-28	New Zealand	31–23	France	Test	not recorded
2003-06-28	South Africa	26–25	Argentina	Test	Boet Erasmus
2003-07-12	South Africa	26–22	Australia	Rugby Championship	Newlands
2003-07-19	South Africa	16–52	New Zealand	Rugby Championship	Loftus Versfeld
2003-07-26	Australia	21–50	New Zealand	Rugby Championship	not recorded
2003-08-02	Australia	29–9	South Africa	Rugby Championship	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-08-09	New Zealand	19–11	South Africa	Rugby Championship	Carisbrook
2003-08-16	Ireland	35–12	Wales	Test	not recorded
2003-08-16	New Zealand	21–17	Australia	Rugby Championship	not recorded
2003-08-18	Argentina	49–30	Fiji	Test	not recorded
2003-08-22	France	56–8	Romania	Test	not recorded
2003-08-23	Argentina	42–8	USA	Test	not recorded
2003-08-23	Scotland	47–15	Italy	Test	Murrayfield
2003-08-23	Wales	9–43	England	Test	not recorded
2003-08-27	Argentina	57–0	Uruguay	Test	not recorded
2003-08-27	Wales	54–8	Romania	Test	not recorded
2003-08-30	Argentina	62–22	Canada	Test	not recorded
2003-08-30	France	17–16	England	Test	not recorded
2003-08-30	Ireland	61–6	Italy	Test	not recorded
2003-08-30	Wales	23–9	Scotland	Test	not recorded
2003-09-06	England	45–14	France	Test	Twickenham
2003-09-06	Italy	31–22	Georgia	Test	not recorded
2003-09-06	Scotland	10–29	Ireland	Test	Murrayfield
2003-10-10	Australia	24–8	Argentina	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-11	Fiji	18–61	France	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-10-11	Ireland	45–17	Romania	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Central Coast Stadium
2003-10-11	Italy	7–70	New Zealand	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Telstra Dome
2003-10-11	South Africa	72–6	Uruguay	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Subiaco Oval
2003-10-12	Canada	10–41	Wales	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-12	England	84–6	Georgia	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-12	Japan	11–32	Scotland	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Dairy Farmers Stadium
2003-10-14	Argentina	67–14	Namibia	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Central Coast Stadium
2003-10-15	Italy	36–12	Tonga	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Canberra Stadium
2003-10-17	Canada	6–68	New Zealand	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Telstra Dome
2003-10-18	Australia	90–8	Romania	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-18	England	25–6	South Africa	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Subiaco Oval
2003-10-18	France	51–29	Japan	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Dairy Farmers Stadium
2003-10-19	Ireland	64–7	Namibia	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-19	Tonga	20–27	Wales	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Canberra Stadium
2003-10-20	Scotland	39–15	USA	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-10-21	Canada	14–19	Italy	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Canberra Stadium
2003-10-22	Argentina	50–3	Romania	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Aussie Stadium
2003-10-24	Georgia	19–46	South Africa	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Sydney Football Stadium
2003-10-24	New Zealand	91–7	Tonga	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-10-25	Australia	142–0	Namibia	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-10-25	France	51–9	Scotland	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Telstra Stadium
2003-10-25	Italy	15–27	Wales	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Canberra Stadium
2003-10-26	Argentina	15–16	Ireland	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Adelaide Oval
2003-10-26	England	35–22	Samoa	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Telstra Dome
2003-10-31	France	41–14	USA	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-11-01	Australia	17–16	Ireland	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-11-01	Fiji	20–22	Scotland	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Aussie Stadium
2003-11-01	Samoa	10–60	South Africa	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-11-02	England	111–13	Uruguay	RWC 2003 · Pool match	not recorded
2003-11-02	New Zealand	53–37	Wales	RWC 2003 · Pool match	Telstra Stadium
2003-11-08	Australia	33–16	Scotland	RWC 2003 · Quarter-final	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-11-08	New Zealand	29–9	South Africa	RWC 2003 · Quarter-final	Docklands Stadium
2003-11-09	England	28–17	Wales	RWC 2003 · Quarter-final	Lang Park / Suncorp Stadium
2003-11-09	France	43–21	Ireland	RWC 2003 · Quarter-final	not recorded
2003-11-15	Australia	22–10	New Zealand	RWC 2003 · Semi-final	Telstra Stadium
2003-11-16	England	24–7	France	RWC 2003 · Semi-final	not recorded
2003-11-20	France	13–40	New Zealand	RWC 2003 · Bronze final	not recorded
2003-11-22	Australia	17–20	England	RWC 2003 · Final	not recorded