Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE

[KiwiMurph]

This could be a useful graphic to keep in mind

[game_film]

Didn’t realise they’d Round of 16ed it. Makes the group stages much more boring.

[Bovidae]

There is an article on Stuff saying that the top teams will be more interested in what side of the draw they end up on, than their pool opponents.

While the winners of Pools A, B, C and D play a 3rd-ranked team in the Round of 16, they would then play each other in the QFs. The Pool E and F winners should have a tougher R16 game but won't face a Pool winner until the SFs, so potentially an easier draw.

[gt12]

It’s so fucking dumb, make four pools of 6 you dumb fucks. Huge advantage to some pool winners.

We want pool E I think.

[mohikamo]

@Bovidae said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:

There is an article on Stuff saying that the top teams will be more interested in what side of the draw they end up on, than their pool opponents.

Agree with that.

I say you only want to meet SA in the final.
It's not that SA are unbeatable, but I'd rather not have another game coming up in 6 or 7 days after the physical and mental effort of getting that done.
Winners of pools AB and E are one side; CDF on the other.
So what side of the draw you end up on is important.

Also; if the blacks end up in pools A/B or C/D, you likely play a band one team in the Quarter-finals.

So the draw is definitely important, and worth a watch.
Probably why they set up like this.

Might be a scenario where losing a pool game could evemtually work out in your favour.

[Daffy Jaffy]

The draw is also live on Sky sport 3 at 10pm tonight -

[KiwiMurph]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:

The draw is also live on Sky sport 3 at 10pm tonight -

Also on Stan for those Aus based.

[Smudge]

For those of us who may not be able to view the YouTube stream later tonight for whatever reason, would someone be able to live-post the draw?

[Smudge]

(The above was not a serious request)

[Gunner]

I expect us to get Italy, like almost every other World Cup…

[Bovidae]

@Gunner said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:

I expect us to get Italy, like almost every other World Cup…

7 times so far.

I'd laugh if we got Australia. The only big team we haven't been in the same pool as previously.

The other fact I read:

Never played before: Chile, Hong Kong China, Spain, Zimbabwe

[Gunner]

So we get Aussie, Chile, Hong Kong

[Bovidae]

Called it!

[booboo]

@Gunner said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:

So we get Aussie, Chile, Hong Kong

Should make it past 3x minnows ...

[Canes4life]

So it’s the Rugby Championship sides + a few more on one side of the draw, versus the Six Nation sides + a few more on the other side.

[Bones]

Happy enough with that. At least one stern test before (hopefully) progressing, whereas SA will have basically just had training runs.

[Bovidae]

So we knock off three firsts with our pool opponents.

The HKC coaches are Kiwis too.

[jimmyb]

That desperate to get a NH team into the final

[stodders]

Would NZ throw the Oz game to miss playing SA in the QFs?

[mohikamo]

SAs first stern test will probably be against us in the quarter-finals.