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Australia 2027

The 24Nations

Champions, contenders and emerging nations gather in Australia for the biggest Rugby World Cup in history.

Nations

24

Pools

6

Continents

6

Champion

1

Host Nation

Australia

Australia logo

Australia welcomes the rugby world and opens the tournament in Perth.

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Holding champions

South Africa

South Africa logo

South Africa enter as the most recently confirmed Rugby World Cup champions.

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World Cup Royalty

New Zealand

New Zealand logo

3 championships and 5 final appearances across completed World Cups.

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Tournament Field

Every nation at Australia 2027

Select a nation to open its Rugby One team page, squad, fixtures, results and player profiles.

24 nations

Pool Draw

Six roads into the knockouts

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Pool A

1New Zealand logoNew Zealand→2Australia logoAustralia→3CHIChile→4Hong Kong China logoHong Kong China→

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Pool B

1South Africa logoSouth Africa→2Italy logoItaly→3GEOGeorgia→4Romania logoRomania→

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Pool C

1Argentina logoArgentina→2Fiji logoFiji→3Spain logoSpain→4Canada logoCanada→

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Pool D

1Ireland logoIreland→2Scotland logoScotland→3Uruguay logoUruguay→4Portugal logoPortugal→

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Pool E

1France logoFrance→2Japan logoJapan→3USA logoUSA→4Samoa logoSamoa→

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Pool F

1England logoEngland→2Wales logoWales→3Tonga logoTonga→4Zimbabwe logoZimbabwe→

The Road to Sydney

Sixteen nations reach the knockouts

The top two nations from every pool and the four strongest third-placed nations advance.

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