Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE
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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.
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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.
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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
Yeah, that's probably why they didn't stage a second world cup until 2011.
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@westie_boy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@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…
Easier to get around? (more flights, trains, more cities closer together)
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@westie_boy said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@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…
Don't know.
Just know the typical UK rugby fan.
Lots travel with their clubs. Big groups.
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@nzzp said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
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.
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
Springboks- Japan in Brighton during RWC 2015 was glorious.
Someone should do a retrospective series of articles on their personal memories of the best games, upsets and other special games, throughout the history of the RWC and republish it here on The Fern in the lead up to the next world cup (looking forward to writing about the Ireland QF).
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@booboo said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
looking forward to writing about the Ireland QF)
screw that, the Aus Ireland game in 2011 was epic. Dominion Road shut down with people all over the place - it was carnage in a good way. And then they got up and beat Australia! Awesome
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@booboo 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:
@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…
Easier to get around? (more flights, trains, more cities closer together)
Ah, no, pretty sure there is a fair distance between Vancouver and Mexico City.
I just googled it, 4,789 km
