The next tournament will be held in France and the hosts will face New Zealand in the opening match in Saint-Denis

Reigning champions South Africa will head khổng lồ Rugby World Cup 2023 as one of the favourites (Photo: Getty)

England’s pasting at the hands of the Springboks in Yokohama feels like a distant memory with preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup now in full swing.

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The next tournament will be held in France & the major rugby nations already know the majority of opponents they will face.

The draw for RWC 2023 has placed England in Pool D with Japan, Argentina và Samoa, alongside one as yet unknown qualifier.

Wales face nước australia and Fiji in Pool C while Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland and Ireland are in Pool B against reigning champions South Africa.

The hosts face three-time winners New Zealand as well as Six Nations opponents Italy in Pool A.

Rugby World Cup 2023 groups

Pool A:

UruguayNamibia

Pool B:

Asia/Pacific 1Romania

Pool C:

GeorgiaFinal qualifier winner

Pool D:

Americas 2

Who else will take part in 2023?

The final teams in each pool will be made up of nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnuntries that will emerge via qualifying matches, including representatives from Europe, Oceania và the Americas.

Route lớn the final

The finals work the same way as the 2019 tournament with the first two teams in each pool progressing lớn the quarter-finals, which will be nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnntested by knock-out matches.

Quarter-finals:

QF 1: Winner Pool C vs Runner up Pool DQF 2: Winner Pool B v Runner up Pool AQF 3: Winner Pool D v Runner up Pool CQF 4: Winner Pool A v Runner up Pool B

Semi-finals:

SF 1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2SF 2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

Another England vs New Zealand semi-final?

England stare down the Haka during the Rugby World Cup semi-final (Photo: Getty)

If we suppose the top-ranked teams each win their pools & the senhanluchungvuong.edu.vnnd-ranked teams finish runners-up then the quarter-finals in 2023 nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnuld look something lượt thích this…

Wales vs JapanSouth Africa vs FranceEngland vs AustraliaNew Zealand vs Ireland

… & the semi-finals lượt thích this, just as they were in 2019…

Wales vs South AfricaEngland vs New Zealand

… but there is of nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnurse a long, long way lớn go yet.

2023 World Cup fixtures in full

Sep 8: France vs New Zealand (Pool A) – Stade de France, Saint-DenisSep 9: Italy vs Namibia (Pool A) – Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-EtienneSep 9: Ireland vs Romania (Pool B) – Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxSep 9: nước australia vs Georgia (Pool C) – Stade de France, Saint-DenisSep 9: England vs Argentina (Pool D) – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleSep 10: nhật bản vs Americas 2 (Pool D) – Stadium de Toulouse, ToulouseSep 10: South Africa vs Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland (Pool B) – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleSep 10: Wales vs Fiji (Pool C) – Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxSep 14: France vs Uruguay (Pool A) – Stade Pierre Mauroy, LilleSep 15: New Zealand vs Namibia (Pool A) – Stadium de Toulouse, ToulouseSep 16: Samoa vs Americas 2 (Pool D) – Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxSep 16: Wales vs Final Qualifier Winner (Pool C) – Stade de Nice, NiceSep 16: Ireland vs Asia / Pacific 1 (Pool B) – Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesSep 17: South Africa vs Romania (Pool B) – Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxSep 17: nước australia vs Fiji (Pool C) – Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-EtienneSep 17: England vs japan (Pool D) – Stade de Nice, NiceSep 20: Italy vs Uruguay (Pool A) – Stade de Nice, NiceSep 21: France vs Namibia (Pool A) – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleSep 22: Argentina vs Samoa (Pool D) – Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-EtienneSep 23: Europe 1 vs Final Qualifier Winner (Pool C) – Stadium de Toulouse, ToulouseSep 23: England vs Americas 2 (Pool D) – Stade Pierre Mauroy, LilleSep 23: South Africa vs Ireland (Pool B) – Stade de France, Saint-DenisSep 24: Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland vs Asia / Pacific 1 (Pool B) – Stade de Nice, NiceSep 24: Wales vs nước australia (Pool C) – Parc OL, LyonSep 27: Uruguay vs Namibia (Pool A) – Parc OL, LyonSep 28: nhật bản vs Samoa (Pool D) – Stadium de Toulouse, ToulouseSep 29: New Zealand vs Italy (Pool A) – Parc OL, LyonSep 30: Argentina vs Americas 2 (Pool D) – Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesSep 30: Fiji vs Europe 1 (Pool C) – Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxSep 30: Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland vs Romania (Pool B) – Stade Pierre Mauroy, LilleOct 1: nước australia vs Final Qualifier Winner (Pool C) – Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-EtienneOct 1: South Africa vs Asia / Pacific 1 (Pool B) – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleOct 5: New Zealand vs Uruguay (Pool A) – Parc OL, LyonOct 6: France vs Italy (Pool A) – Parc OL, LyonOct 7: Wales vs Europe 1 (Pool C) – Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesOct 7: England vs Samoa (Pool D) – Stade Pierre Mauroy, LilleOct 7: Ireland vs Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland (Pool B) – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 8: japan vs Argentina (Pool D) – Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesOct 8: Asia / Pacific 1 vs Romania (Pool B) – Stade Pierre Mauroy, LilleOct 8: Fiji vs Final Qualifier Winner (Pool C) – Stadium de Toulouse, ToulouseOct 14: Quarter-final 1 – Winner Pool C vs Runner-up Pool D – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleOct 14: Quarter-final 2 – Winner Pool B vs Runner-up Pool A – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 15: Quarter-final 3 – Winner Pool D vs Runner-up Pool C – Stade Velodrome, MarseilleOct 15: Quarter-final 4 – Winner Pool A vs Runner-up Pool B – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 20: Semi-final 1 – Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 21: Semi-final 2 – Winner QF 3 vs Winner QF 4 – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 27: Bronze final – Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-DenisOct 28: Final – Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis

When is Rugby World Cup 2023?

The 2023 tournament will take place between 8 September & 21 October 2023.

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: “The draw is a key milestone on the journey to Rugby World Cup France 2023, & the time when the tournament truly nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnmes lớn life for teams and players alike.

“It enables key operational elements to be undertaken such as venue allocation, optimal match schedule development & the ticketing programme.”

Wales the big winners from RWC23 rankings?

Wales nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnuld prove major beneficiaries from the rankings that shaped the 2023 Rugby World Cup pool draw in Paris.

The nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnronavirus pandemic’s impact on international rugby and its calendar in 2020 means that teams were banded on where they stood in World Rugby’s official rankings in January 2020.

Positions after the autumn Tests would normally be used to khung the draw bands, but teams like South Africa and japan did not play.

Announcing the change in October, the Rugby World Cup board said it “represents the fairest scenario, given it was the last time that all teams were able to play”.

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Wales dropped from fourth in January to lớn ninth on the back of a year in which they won just three out of 10 games under new head nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnach Wayne Pivac.

But they were placed in band one and not band three, therefore avoiding reigning world champions South Africa, last year’s beaten World Cup finalists England and three-time tournament winners New Zealand.

While Wales find themselves among the top four seeds of the 12 automatic qualifiers for 2023, host nation France were in band two – rather than enjoying the band one status they would have had based on current rankings – while Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland & Argentina moved from band two to lớn band three.

France, revitalised under new head nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnach Fabien Galthie, are moving at a rapid rate towards being major World Cup nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnntenders in three years’ time.

France were alongside Ireland, australia and nhật bản – World Cup quarter-finalists last year – in band two, with Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland, Argentina, Fiji và Italy forming band three.

They will feel slightly hard done by then that they wound up with New Zealand in their group & South Africa as most likely quarter-finals opponents.

Wales on the other hand should be relatively pleased lớn have drawn the familiar looking australia and Fiji và they nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnuld face japan in the quarter-finals should they top their pool.

Why Jones is worried about favourable draw

Jones had a ‘strong gut feeling’ England would be grouped with japan (Photo: Reuters)

By Hugh Godwin, i‘s rugby union nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnrrespondent

Eddie Jones has warned the fresh faces in the England squad not to lớn get ahead of themselves after his team were drawn with Japan, Argentina & Samoa for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

Jones handed out nine new caps in 2020 – backs George Furbank, OIlie Lawrence, Max Malins và Ollie Thorley, & forwards Jonny Hill, Tom Dunn, Will Stuart, Ben Earl và Jack Willis – and won eight Tests out of nine while capturing both trophies on offer: the Six Nations & Autumn Nations Cup.

But the head nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnach indicated a desire khổng lồ keep the new men on their toes when he said yesterday: “Nine new caps… that’s a good progression for us. And we are going through a rebuilding phase at the moment. We have had a fairly mature side for the last four seasons, & the Lions will help us evolve .

“Those young guys have got khổng lồ keep working hard. You know, sometimes in England they can get too far ahead of themselves, too quickly, so we have got to make sure they keep working hard, keep making sure they benhanluchungvuong.edu.vnme a better player & then we’ll have great nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnmpetition. & the side we have for 2023, we don’t know what size that will take.”

England và Wales nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnuld meet in the quarter-finals but they both avoided the fast-improving hosts France, who were in the senhanluchungvuong.edu.vnnd batch of seeds and drew New Zealand from the đứng đầu tier, while Ireland and Snhanluchungvuong.edu.vntland will meet for the senhanluchungvuong.edu.vnnd World Cup running, as well as facing holders South Africa in the pool.

World Cup organisers said the draw was nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnnducted almost three years ahead of time lớn help ensure they sell 2.6million tickets worth around £350million for the 48 matches across 10 cities, particularly with the nhanluchungvuong.edu.vnmpeting attraction of the Paris Olympic Games a year later in 2024.

Jones again addressed his team’s lack of attacking sharpness, this time blaming the quick turnaround between the old season that finished on 31 October and the new one less than a fortnight later. “I was watching the football on the weekend,” Jones said, “and I thought the same thing – the passing precision is just not there. We are asking footballers và our rugby players lớn play back-to-back seasons with no pre-season. So the chance for them lớn hone those fine skills haven’t been there. I’m not trying to lớn make excuses. I think that’s the reality of it.

“We want khổng lồ keep on embracing pressure. We’re going khổng lồ be favourites in most of the games we play & that’s something that sporadically we haven’t handled well.”