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The 2023 Rugby World Cup group stage draw takes place on Monday
(Reuters)
Follow the latest live updates from the 2023 Rugby World Cup group stage draw as the 12 ranked nations discover their biggest opponents.
It may take exactly 1,000 days until France 2023 begins, but World Rugby will host the draw for the next World Cup on Monday in Paris that will decide against who South Africa will start their defense and who will draw the legendary ‘Pool of’ Death ‘that has become. in a pillar of the world gathering. Just over 13 months since the Springboks defeated England in Yokohama to win a third World Cup, they will find out who will join them in their group three years from now, with Eddie Jones’ team looking to go one step further and be crowned worldwide. . champions for the second time.
The two teams are among the top seeds alongside New Zealand and Wales, with the four semi-finalists making up band one, while the rest of last year’s World Cup quarterfinals make up band two in Ireland. , Australia, Japan and the host France. . It means both Scotland and Argentina lurk on band three, along with dangerous Fiji and a team from Italy likely to offer the ‘draw’, with the remaining eight spots being filled by qualifiers over the course of the next two years. . Follow the live updates below.
Rugby World Cup Draw
England coach Eddie Jones will face the team he took in the 2015 Rugby World Cup after they were tied alongside Japan in Group D, with 2019 opponents Argentina joining them to make a draw of try but welcome. They will be joined by one of the two remaining ocean sides, Samoa or Tonga, and one from the United States or Canada.
For Wales, it is a deja vu x3 as they face Fiji and Australia for the third consecutive World Cup, and the fifth time in a row they have been grouped with the Pacific Islands after 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. In addition, the Advantage The European qualifier is likely to be Georgia, who of course played Wales last year in Japan, while Uruguay could replicate the whole group if they manage to reach France 2023 as the final winner of the qualifier just as they did in 2019.
Scotland will not like being alongside the reigning world champions in the Springboks and an Irish team that beat them quite convincingly just a week ago.
But what really caught the eye was that the hosts, France, were paired with the All Blacks, prompting a gasp from the crowd and should see the two teams raise the tournament curtain at the Stade De France in a clash. laughing. For Italy, reading is not welcome as they join them in Group A.
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:29
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:20
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final standings
Group D: England, Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:15
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Wales, Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final standings
Group D: Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:15
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:14
Rugby world cup
Group A: New Zealand, France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:14
Rugby World Cup Draw
Time for Band A: here come the big shots.
Group A: France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:13
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Japan, Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:12
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Australia, Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:11
Rugby World Cup Draw
Group A: France, Italy, Americas 1, Africa 1
Group B: Ireland, Scotland, Asia / Pacific 1, Europe 2
Group C: Fiji, Europe 1, winner of the final classification
Group D: Argentina, Oceania 1, Americas 2
Jack de Menezes14 December 2020 12:11
