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The tournament will be the first branded as the Men's Rugby World Cup, a change that was announced in October 2023. [27] All previous editions were branded as simply the Rugby World Cup, with the Women's tournament branded as the Women's Rugby World Cup between 1991—2017 and without a gender designation in 2021 tournament.
For the first time since 2015, Asia Rugby, will be granted one place at the World Cup through the qualification process, and with Japan already qualified, a new team from Asia is guaranteed a spot in the World Cup. This team will be decided through a three-round phased process, with the winner of the Round 3: 2025 Asia Rugby Championship ...
SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney's 83,000-seat Olympic Stadium will once again host a Rugby World Cup final, this time in 2027 and 24 years after the home team was left bitterly disappointed in the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...
The qualifying process for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup for South America began in August 2024, with eight teams competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament. The runner-up will play the bottom side ranked in the 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup for a second direct place in the final tournament and the loser ...
The 2027 Rugby World Cup will be a "more compact" tournament which will lead to "more interest and bigger audiences", says World Rugby boss Alan Gilpin.
All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through the 2027 World Cup. The two-time World Rugby Player of the Year also has re-signed with the Auckland Blues in ...
Round 3 will commence in July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament.