Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE

[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.

[Canes4life]

That’s it then, we better get accustomed to this Boks side next year as we’ll need to beat them to win another WC.

[mohikamo]

@stodders

That is exactly what I was thinking

[jimmyb]

So will likely need to beat the Bok and France to get into the final

[mohikamo]

@jimmyb
definitely the harder side of the draw

[jimmyb]

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

@jimmyb
definitely the harder side of the draw

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

@jimmyb
definitely the harder side of the draw

Realistically the three best sides, and the home nations get a fairly piss easy ride into the semis. I bloody hope Argentina go and do it

[Kruse]

Ireland's best chance to get past QF. Just Scotland/Argentina in the way, really.
Boo.

[stodders]

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

So will likely need to beat the Bok and France to get into the final

Probably against England. SA, France and England on consecutive weekends…

Or…throw the Oz game and get (likely)…
Samoa/
Japan, England then France/Boks in the final

[Gunner]

There’s every chance we lose to Aussie in pool play and go to the other side of the draw.

Beating them isn’t a given.

[Tim]

Absolutely shit format. Pool games will be very boring.

[antipodean]

How is it we've never had a good draw?

[mohikamo]

SA NZ France on one side
France to take on winner of SA/NZ

England, Ireland and Argies on the other side

Great chance for the Euros to get a win.

Probably not bad for the aussies as well, if they lose to us first up.

[stodders]

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

How is it we've never had a good draw?

Define good draw? NZ had a good draw in 1995, but Suzie did her thing.

2007 was a decent draw too until the ABs and Wayne shat the bed.