Japan v Samoa | 4-Night Package

Japan v Samoa is one of the more watchable matches of the pool phase, and this four-night package puts you in the ground for it with a Category 2 ticket. The match is played at Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi, a ground that holds around 34,000 and tends to feel louder than the bigger Sydney venues.

Japan have spent a decade turning themselves into a side nobody wants to draw. The win over South Africa in 2015 was the start of it, and the structure and composure have only grown since. Samoa are the opposite kind of problem: direct, physical, and able to turn a tidy match messy in the space of a few minutes. That contrast is the reason to go.

Your base is West Hotel in Sydney, a well-positioned property in the city centre with an easy train north to Newcastle on match day. It keeps you central for everything Sydney has to offer and connects comfortably to the northbound line when the rugby calls.

Outside the rugby, the trip is yours to shape. Optional add-ons cover a list of New South Wales day tours: the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley wine country, Port Stephens, Canberra, Jervis Bay, and panoramic city circuits with a harbour lunch cruise.