The draw for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup took place Wednesday morning in Sydney, two years before the tournament that will take place in Australia between 1 October to 13 November 2027. A larger tournament, with 24 teams divided into six groups of four. More teams than ever, but the same number of matches (7 matches for the two teams that reached the final) and with a minimum of 5 days of rest between matches.
Those groups have already been announced in Wednesday's draw. This will be the first Men's Rugby World Cup for Spain (ranked 15th in the world) since 1999, and also the first Rugby World Cup to be branded as Men's Rugby World Cup, a recent change to promote gender parity.
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup pools (groups)
Pool A
New Zealand
Australia
Chile
Hong Kong
Pool B
South Africa
Italy
Georgia
Romania
Pool C
Argentina
Fiji
Spain
Canada
Pool D
Ireland
Scotland
Uruguay
Portugal
Pool E
France
Japan
USA
Samoa
Pool F
England
Wales
Tonga
Zimbabwe
South Africa won the title in the last edition in 2023, and remains the nation with most titles, four, since the tournament was created in 1987. Will you follow the Men's Rugby World Cup in 2027?