The Santos Festival of Rugby combines elite high-performance rugby with opportunities for regional Queensland and New South Wales rugby participants to play on the big stage.
The Queensland Reds and NSW Waratahs will meet across four formats in the country NSW hub: Super Rugby AUS and Super Rugby Under-19 competition fixtures, a Super Rugby Women’s exhibition match and four Women’s Rugby Sevens matches.
Other matches include the Classic Wallabies coming up against the Narrabri Blue Boars in an Over-35s match and Queensland Country and NSW Country doing battle at U18 girl’s level.
Running Times:
Times are approx. and subject to change at any time.
Saturday 20 September 2025
12:30pm – Learning with Legends
1:30pm – GATES OPEN
2:00pm – Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs 7’s (Game 1)
2:30pm - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs Super Rugby Women’s (Santos Cup)
4:30pm - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs 7’s (Game 2)
5:45pm - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs Super Rugby Men’s (Santos Cup)
Sunday 21 September 2025
8:30am – GATES OPEN
9:00am – QCRU v NSWC U18 Girls
10:20am - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs 7’s (Game 3)
11:00am – Classic Wallabies v Narrabri Blue Boars
12:00pm - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs 7’s (Game 4)
1:00pm - Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs Super 19’s