RWC 2027 in Australia
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@nzzp because World Rugby
who wins Pool E and gets the armchair ride then?
Edit:
Who will my team face in the pool stage?
That will all be decided on Wednesday, 3 December! The draw will take place in Sydney and will be broadcast on Channel Nine in Australia, but will also be available everywhere on the planet through other international broadcasters as well as online on RugbyPass TV. -
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@nzzp said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
who wins Pool E and gets the armchair ride then?
Winners of Pool E & F aren't necessarily an armchair ride.
If we were to go by today's rankings - and if pool stages resulted in seeds 1-6 being pool winners., and 7-12 being runners-up ... you could be facing Australia in "Round of 16" - lose, and being a pool winner not even make it to Quarters.
But yeah - not a fan. There is plenty of assymetry, just begging for people to complain.
What's with the "Pool C/E/F Best 3rd", "Pool D/E/F Best 3rd", "Pool A/E/F Best 3rd", "Pool B/E/F Best 3rd" - with E/F seeming to have multiple chances at first glance? I'd need to work through a theoretical tournament to figure out how that would work... if 3rd place in Pool E is the "Best 3rd" - which game do they go to? Presumably take the 4 best 3rd-places, and allocate them to the Round-of-16 games such that they fit?Assuming all games play out according to ranking, you'd either:
- play a 13-16 ranked team (Japan, Spain, US, Samoa) in Round-of-16 then a top-6 team in Quarter;
- or play a 7-12 ranked team (Australia ... Wales) in Round-of-16, and another 7-12 in Quarter
Does that balance out?
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@Kruse said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Does that balance out? Somebody's always going to whinge, and point at somebody else having an "armchair ride".
I want the 2007 RWC draw the SA got. Fiji then Argentina to get to the Final. Take that any day of the week.
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@nzzp said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@Kruse said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
Does that balance out? Somebody's always going to whinge, and point at somebody else having an "armchair ride".
I want the 2007 RWC draw the SA got. Fiji then Argentina to get to the Final. Take that any day of the week.
Yeah - I started tracking out the potential best/worst cases (based on Pool-results matching existing rankings)
As already said - you could win your pool, then play Australia in Round-of-16 - never make a QF.
Or - win pool, then play Samoa, Argentina, and into Semis... hoping there's been an upset elsewhere.
