The 2023 Rugby World Cup Pools – Rugby World magazine

Approach again in 2020, the Rugby World Cup Swimming pools have been drawn for the 2023 occasion. Since that day, we’ve had the ultimate qualifiers and scandals, the swaps and rejigs. However we all know what the swimming pools are and who will probably be taking part in one another in France.

It hasn’t at all times been plain crusing. For instance, Romania changed Spain in Pool B after the latter’s attraction in opposition to their disqualification was dismissed in June 2022. Spain fielded an ineligible participant throughout qualification. And with the world order flipped on it’s head for the reason that draw was made a number of years in the past, some have requested: How would the Rugby World Cup pools look based on today’s rankings?

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Nonetheless, listed below are the Rugby World Cup Swimming pools as we speak:

Pool A

New Zealand
France
Italy
Uruguay
Namibia

Pool B

South Africa
Eire
Scotland
Tonga
Romania

Pool C

Wales
Australia
Fiji
Georgia
Portugal

Pool D

England
Japan
Argentina
Samoa
Chile

England captain Owen Farrell stated: “It’s an amazing pool to be a part of. For those who look throughout all of them, they’re all robust, robust swimming pools. With the best way Japan and Argentina are going on the minute and a few of the rugby that has been performed over the previous few years by them each clearly it’s going to be a tricky pool.”

The knockout phases will comply with the identical format as earlier years, with groups from Swimming pools A and B then Swimming pools C and D assembly within the quarter-finals. So Wales and England may meet within the final eight, for instance.

QF1 – Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D
QF2 – Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A
QF3 – Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C
QF4 – Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B

Then the semi-finals would be the Winner of QF1 v Winner QF2 and the Winner QF3 v Winner QF4.

France 2023 will kick off on Friday 8 September 2023 and the ultimate will happen on 21 October 2023. The official ticket resale platform is on the market through tickets.rugbyworldcup.com

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