RWC 2027 Australia

[rugbyAU]

There'd be a lot of empty seats at Optus Stadium for Australia vs Hong Kong China or Chile

Optus will host the NZ game but you’d think Sydney will host one of our pool games likely Homebush

 

[Major Tom]

The northern hemisphere teams will request to only play in one city because of travel demands

 

[rugbyAU]

NZ in the pool, and either SA or Eng in the QF that’s a pretty dreadful draw for us

 

[Mr Pilfer]

I disagree I think this is a good draw. We are actually better off losing to NZ and finishing second than finishing top.

You need to be playing against a strong team by the time you get to a quarter final otherwise you will be underdone.

Eg springboks could be going in to a quarter against NZ without being challenged at all

 

[rugbyAU]

I disagree I think this is a good draw. We are actually better off losing to NZ and finishing second than finishing top.

You need to be playing against a strong team by the time you get to a quarter final otherwise you will be underdone.

Eg springboks could be going in to a quarter against NZ without being challenged at all

We either play the best team or on form the second best team in the QF it’s not a good draw

 

[Mr Pilfer]

We could have got Scotland, wales or Fiji in round of 16. Would prefer Japan over any of them

 

[rugbyAU]

We were always going to get through the rd 16, Who we draw in the QF is more important and it’s either the best or second best team after a pool game against a side we never win against we really need a successful campaign to make the most of this home WC and help revive the team and the game in Aus and this draw makes it hard to go deep. England, France, Argentina and Ireland seem to be the winners of this draw

 

[Dan54]

Honest truth, I think we make too much of pool who we all play in pool matches. I read shock horror IF ABs beat we will probably meet SA in QF's? Same as Aus if they win that game, whoever wins the bloody thing (if it's not the Boks) has got a good chance of having to play them sometime!

 

[KOB1987]

Of more importance than our Band 1 opponent was not getting a potential banana skin Band 3 opponent such as Georgia or USA.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Georgia v Romania is going to be a great pool game

Italy and South Africa joining them, that's going to be scrum heavy pool

Romania aren't what they once were. Georgia will win that one handily.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Of more importance than our Band 1 opponent was not getting a potential banana skin Band 3 opponent such as Georgia or USA.

Mate, Chile played a fairly decent Italy team featuring a number of their best players pretty close. While understrength. If we play poorly they could jag that win.

 

[rugbyAU]

Of more importance than our Band 1 opponent was not getting a potential banana skin Band 3 opponent such as Georgia or USA.

USA aint a banana skin game

 

[Upthemaroon!]

Mate, Chile played a fairly decent Italy team featuring a number of their best players pretty close. While understrength. If we play poorly they could jag that win.

Chile also lost to the Netherlands last year, so they might have pushed Italy but this also isn't a banana skin game either.

 

[Tomthumb]

Of more importance than our Band 1 opponent was not getting a potential banana skin Band 3 opponent such as Georgia or USA.

Meh, the way we are playing Chile wont exactly be scared

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Chile also lost to the Netherlands last year, so they might have pushed Italy but this also isn't a banana skin game either.

Italy beat us. The Italy side Chile played featured a number of the same players that we faced. Chile were missing a few of their regular starters due to 'injury' while playing for their clubs. While we should win that game comfortably we have shown that we are very capable of making it difficult for ourselves.to the point that if we run out a 2nd string squad expecting the win it could bite us. It's not likely. But not beyond impossible. Losing to HK. Now that is impossible.

 

[Braveheart81]

NZ and SA likely play each other in the QF - how can 1 and 2 meet each other that early

With 6 pools, assuming all 6 pool winners make the quarter finals, two of the quarter finals have to be pool winner vs pool winner so it does just boil down to luck of the draw.

 

[Strewthcobber]

There's some excellent conspiracy throeries about a rigged draw going around social media if you're into that sort of stuff!

Brett Robinson looking directly into the jar and plucking England out on command. That sort of stuff

 

[rugbyAU]

Italy beat us. The Italy side Chile played featured a number of the same players that we faced. Chile were missing a few of their regular starters due to 'injury' while playing for their clubs. While we should win that game comfortably we have shown that we are very capable of making it difficult for ourselves.to the point that if we run out a 2nd string squad expecting the win it could bite us. It's not likely. But not beyond impossible. Losing to HK. Now that is impossible.

Would be good if we could actually put a score on HK though

 

[Dctarget]

hmm I think England, on current form (so anything can change in two years) are probably in the top 3 hardest teams. We'll know a lot more after this 6N though. I'd rather face them later in the comp than QFs but still prefer the half of the draw we're on.

I'd prefer to be Ireland or Argentina I think. But they face England anyway.

 

[JRugby2]

We either play the best team or on form the second best team in the QF it’s not a good draw

bold to assume England will be the top 2 in the world still by then. Their form line over the years looks like a wave height chart