Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw
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@mariner4life said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
I've registered my interest, but there are precious few games worth the travel expense. Unless i get tickets to the Wallabies game i doubt i will bother
Yep Mariner apart from Wallabies , I can't see too much interest in the pool games. Well except in maybe countries like HK and Chile .
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Both the winner and runner up of pool A play their round of 16 match in Brisbane, then their QFs in Sydney.
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@Unite said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
The All Blacks’ round of 16 game will be in Brisbane assuming they top their pool.
A home test for the ABs then.
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@African-Monkey said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@Unite said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
The All Blacks’ round of 16 game will be in Brisbane assuming they top their pool.
A home test for the ABs then.
Lots of buses up from the GC
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
Looking at those games, I am unconvinced about the 24 nations World Cup. There are going to be a lot of very one-sided games that will be over as a contest inside the first 20 minutes.
WR wants more playoff games, so one-sided pool games is the consequence.
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
Looking at those games, I am unconvinced about the 24 nations World Cup. There are going to be a lot of very one-sided games that will be over as a contest inside the first 20 minutes.
been saying it for years....make qualifying a bigger deal so smaller countries have some home games against larger opposition, bit of home support....dont have to travel etc....raise the profile in those countries....but keep the RWC proper as a tight elite competition
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@Kiwiwomble said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw - LIVE:
Looking at those games, I am unconvinced about the 24 nations World Cup. There are going to be a lot of very one-sided games that will be over as a contest inside the first 20 minutes.
been saying it for years....make qualifying a bigger deal so smaller countries have some home games against larger opposition, bit of home support....dont have to travel etc....raise the profile in those countries....but keep the RWC proper as a tight elite competition
Qualifying doesnt bring in the $
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@KiwiMurph im no expert so people feel free to ignore me...just feels like a greater good situation, growing the sports fan base has to trump the four yearly cash grab...plus the original point, move the blow outs off the big stage
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fuck Perth. It's at the ass end of nowhere. Why do they "deserve" it?
Also, they still get a Wallaby game, an AB game, a saffer game (to keep all the "locals" happy) and arguably the 2nd best game of the pool stages in Ireland v Scotland. They also get 2 round of 16 games. They've hardly been ignored.
Just a whinge for whinging sake.
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw:
Shitty way to treat Perth taking the Wallabies-All Blacks game from them. Local rugby fans have every right to be spitting mad.
"Taking" something they never had? (And were never going to get... )
Need to kick off with a win, chances of that v ABs? less than 50%.
Alternative? Play very rich outpost in similar timezone, full of affluent exPat rugby supporters willing to travel whilst guaranteeing win to kick off the tournament. Not to mentioning opening a small door to a Chinese market.
Your indignation is misplaced.
And WA get an ABs game too. Us Qld residents are spitting mad.
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I don't see the problem with the scheduling. We gotta play HK and Chile at some point, and the hype for the ABs Wallabies match can be built up a little bit more, with Sydney holding 20,000+ more fans than Perth.
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Fuck the ES.
Could sink into the f'n sea for all i care.
When the wall went up during covid, they shoulda left it up.
Keep those ES fuckers out.
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things are starting to add up
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Posted this in another forum.
I'm lookin at the bigger RWC picture.
Much more than how many dollars they are guna squeeze out of match day patrons.
Actual match-day revenue is the minor money maker in any competition nowadays (20 to 30% in an EPL fixture); sponsorship and broadcasting make up the majority.
I'm lookin at the RWC v the fickle Aussie sports market as a whole.
An Aus victory v NZ in the very first match would guarantee that all Aus sports fans will be fully engaged in the comp from the get go.
Worth a lot more than the chicken feed amount of extra dollars they'll make playin round with the schedule.
Aus v HK . . . the Aus GP are not even guna notice.
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@booboo said in Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw:
"Taking" something they never had? (And were never going to get... )
The possibility of a NZ v Aus fixture for the first match only became real a couple of months ago.
Could only happen when Aus dropped down to seven in the rankings.
That made sure the Wobs were going to have a very big game in their pool; could just as easily have been Fra/SA/Eng.
An Aus v Eng match up would possibly have been an even bigger draw for the Aus GP, than NZ.Caused by the lack of seedings in the draw . . . already discussed thoroughly.
If it was seeded, the big game would have been v Argentina.A seeded draw into the pools would have meant :
SA v Japan
NZ v Wales
Eng v Italy
Ire v Scot
Fra v Fiji
