RWC 2027 Australia

[Dctarget]

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

As in, he rigged it for England? They have the easiest run.

 

[Strewthcobber]

As in, he rigged it for England? They have the easiest run.

I don't think there's necessarily any logic behind it.

Robinson plucking England out if the bucket

 

[Wilson]

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

They have, but I love a rivalry game like that in pool play. Also Georgia will be so focused on beating Italy that they might end up at risk to a Romanian team hell bent on beating them.

 

[Wilson]

As in, he rigged it for England? They have the easiest run.

Rigged it against South Africa, clearly

 

[Dctarget]

Similarly to 2023, this should be a pretty open RWC.

Beyond us winning the entire thing without conceding a point, I'd love Arg to get up over Ireland then England (not outrageous) and France to win against SA (also very possible). An Arg v France final would be novel.

 

[JRugby2]

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

I am.

Between this and the t20 WC draw conspiracies around India and Pakistan being draw in the same pool - it's been a good few weeks in comment sections.

 

[Alex Sharpe]

I don't really rate how the new structure has shaped the pools. All six of the pools have two teams that will clearly progress and two teams that clearly will not. The only game of relevance to the tournament will be between the top two teams, and even that will just be to determine who plays who in the round of 16.

Could potentially see teams keeping their powder pretty dry until knockout stages.

 

[Slim 293]

It's a massive improvement from the previous RWC format which was painfully drawn out too long when most of the results were wrapped up in the initial two weeks, and the round of 16 now provides some additional knock out matches for teams to potentially reach the quarters that in the past may not have made it out of the pool stage.

 

[WoodysRFC]

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.

They're only getting better and IMO possibly best coaching team in WR (World Rugby) (outside of SA).

 

[BDA]

I don't hate the wallabies draw honestly. If we cant beat the likes on England in the quarters we don't deserve to win anyway. Worst case scenario probably would have been drawing NZ or SA in the quarters.

 

[Strewthcobber]

I don't hate the wallabies draw honestly. If we cant beat the likes on England in the quarters we don't deserve to win anyway. Worst case scenario probably would have been drawing NZ or SA in the quarters.

Isn't that what we get when we beat NZ surfing a wave of emotion in game 1?