Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE
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the best pool ever was England Aus and Wales in 2015. Beautiful.
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@nzzp said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Bones said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
So just don't watch until the quarters?
RWC2011 pool play was like a festival of rugby. And it meant something - some good matchups. How good.
this I struggle to get excited about
Japan, Romania, Russia, USA, Fiji, Namibia, all got hidings. Multiple for some teams.
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@voodoo said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
Why not just allocate the top 6 to pools based on current rankings in a way that looks best like it’ll keep 1 and 2 apart longest, then have a draw for all the rest to make up the pools?
That way we avoid this situation, and still get a chance for a fun lopsided pool with 3 competitive teams that probably weren’t going to make it all the way anyway
That makes too much sense.
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
the best pool ever was England Aus and Wales in 2015. Beautiful.
And I was there
Glorious
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when do they do the venues ?
At the last world cup in Aus 2003 , Allblacks played all their pool games and quarter final in Melbourne , I was stoked ,
Until the semi of course .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
when do they do the venues ?
At the last world cup in Aus 2003 , Allblacks played all their pool games and quarter final in Melbourne , I was stoked ,
Until the semi of course .
That's not quite accurate. They played their opening pool game vs Italy, a pool game vs Canada and a quarter final in Melbourne
But they also played a pool game in Sydney vs Wales and in Brisbane vs Tonga.
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I reckon the pools shouldn't have been done for another 12 months.
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I’d go Aussie vs Hk tournament opener. We played italy (a minnow) in the first game in 1987 and M jones debut and Jks try ensured rugby got it’s supporter base for the rest of the cup. Max Jorgensen with a 100 metre try. I’ll be interested if Hk has any ethnically Chinese players in their top squad. A mate last played sevens for Hk a decade ago - took up CrossFit bug and is contemplating a comeback - he’s a month younger than nonu:
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Catogrande The game that England lost 16-3 to Wales in Brisbane at the 1987 RWC was a Quarter Final, not a pool match.
Indeed. Dodge did not make that distinction
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
the best pool ever was England Aus and Wales in 2015. Beautiful.
Sitting in a Welsh pub, watching teen pregnancies in their infancy, and about to watch Eng vs Aus... I genuinely didn't know who I wanted to win.
Until the game started, and imagine my surprise when I started cheering on an Australian team.
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@Catogrande said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Dodge said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
well we've never been beaten in a world cup game in Australia, so I reckon we'll win our pool, beat Italy in the R16, Australia in QF, Argentina in the SF and then one of the also rans in the final.
Cough. Cough. 1987. Cough.
no one counts 1987 for anything, that wasn't a real world cup, more like a warm up, no one even remembers who won
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@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
For most fans a 2-year window is necessary to organise travel, accommodation and logistics
And raising the cash
You don’t have to wait for the draw to be made before you plan and save.
If the FIFA World Cup is drawn 7 months out from the start then there’s no excuse for the RWC to not be done in December 2026.
The FIFA World Cup is 5-10 times bigger than the RWC. -
24 teams is just stupidity, the pool play is just going to be a glorified training session for the big teams.
Ok, there might be some close games between the minnows. But overall no pool jeopardy, very little round of 16 jeopardy.
Who’s getting up at 3am to watch the sudden death knock out game between the ABs vs USA, or SA vs Uruguay???
WR, what have you done…
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@westie_boy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
For most fans a 2-year window is necessary to organise travel, accommodation and logistics
And raising the cash
You don’t have to wait for the draw to be made before you plan and save.
If the FIFA World Cup is drawn 7 months out from the start then there’s no excuse for the RWC to not be done in December 2026.
The FIFA World Cup is 5-10 times bigger than the RWC.But you don’t want to be buying a ticket to Sydney if your team ends up being in Perth
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@westie_boy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
24 teams is just stupidity, the pool play is just going to be a glorified training session for the big teams.
Ok, there might be some close games between the minnows. But overall no pool jeopardy, very little round of 16 jeopardy.
Who’s getting up at 3am to watch the sudden death knock out game between the ABs vs USA, or SA vs Uruguay???
WR, what have you done…
But all we constantly hear is the minnows never get a chance to play against the big teams
Well now is that chance
If they put a plate competition alongside the minnows would get some valuable game time
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@Dodge said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Catogrande said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Dodge said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
well we've never been beaten in a world cup game in Australia, so I reckon we'll win our pool, beat Italy in the R16, Australia in QF, Argentina in the SF and then one of the also rans in the final.
Cough. Cough. 1987. Cough.
no one counts 1987 for anything, that wasn't a real world cup, more like a warm up, no one even remembers who won
Love your work! Welcome to the fold
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Yeah, 87 was an invitation tournment.
But the NZRFU were the ones pushing hard for a World Rugby Cup.
Partly as a replacement for SA, as they were in the bad boys corner at the time.
Hard to believe now, but no other countries were really interested in staging a world championship at that time.
Amateurs see, World Cups, that was soccer shite.
Probably only happened because NZ made it happen.NZ wasn't actually going that good either, got beat by Aus (at home) in series the year before.
But the 87 RWC set them on a run that went right thru until they got fucked-up by the Aussies at the next World Cup.
Then got fucked-up by Susie; then fucked-up by . . . and orn and orn and orn . . . -
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@westie_boy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@MiketheSnow said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
For most fans a 2-year window is necessary to organise travel, accommodation and logistics
And raising the cash
You don’t have to wait for the draw to be made before you plan and save.
If the FIFA World Cup is drawn 7 months out from the start then there’s no excuse for the RWC to not be done in December 2026.
The FIFA World Cup is 5-10 times bigger than the RWC.But you don’t want to be buying a ticket to Sydney if your team ends up being in Perth
I get that, but what I don’t get is that the FIFA world cup is about 8 months away, and it’s being staged across Canada, the states, and Mexico, with about 10 times more fans travelling, and the draw hasn’t been done yet. (I think it’s actually tomorrow).
Riddle me that…
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back to the pool games, Tonga Canada in Whangarei in 2011 was my personally most enjoyable game of the tournament. Really had something riding on it, two very contrasting styles of play and Canada just got up to win. Cracking day out at Okara Park, and hordes of Tongan supporters as usual.
IT meant something. Can't see the pools at the moment doing the same thing - two top sides thump everyone else and move on.
