{"id":231193,"date":"2025-10-22T00:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231193\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T00:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:48:10","slug":"why-wallabies-spring-tour-will-shape-2027-world-cup-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231193\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wallabies\u2019 Spring Tour will shape 2027 World Cup Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the 2027 Men\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> Draw taking place in a couple of months, the next five Tests couldn\u2019t be more important for the Wallabies, as Morgan Turinui<\/a> explained ahead of Australia\u2019s clash with Japan<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Two-time defending World Cup winners South Africa<\/a> currently sit in pole position on the world rankings, with New Zealand<\/a> and Ireland<\/a> rounding out the top three. France, England<\/a> and Argentina<\/a> occupy sought-after spots in the top six, with Australia<\/a> in seventh.<\/p>\n

If the Wallabies want to avoid an international rugby heavyweight like the Springboks or All Blacks<\/a> in the pool stage, finishing in the top six is a must. That makes every match of their 2025 Spring Tour crucial, starting with Eddie Jones\u2019 Japan in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The Wallabies will also take on England at Twickenham\u2019s Allianz Stadium, Italy<\/a> for the first time since Dave Rennie\u2019s coaching reign, Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, and France<\/a> at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on November 23.<\/p>\n

Former Wallabies centre Turinui previewed the Spring Tour and the importance of world rankings ahead of the pool draw on December 3, saying this weekend\u2019s clash with Japan is a must-win for the Aussies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re in the top six then it just helps your ranking for that first round of 16,\u201d Turinui said on Stan Sport\u2019s Wallabies Spring Tour Preview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be in Pool A. If you end up coming second in Pool A, you should be playing someone second from the other pool, but there\u2019s a chance you\u2019d play someone first from the other pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks manageable. It looks good if you\u2019re in the top six but it gets tough elsewise. If you lose to Japan then you forget about the top six, it\u2019s all over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Japan pose an intriguing task for the Wallabies, with coach Jones selecting eight uncapped players in the squad for a training camp earlier this month. Former Australia U20s lock Harry Hockings<\/a> was among those chosen in the 40-player group.<\/p>\n

The Brave Blossoms are looking to return to winning ways after falling to the Flying Fijians in the Pacific Nations Cup<\/a> Final last month. It\u2019s a similar story for the Wallabies, who are hoping to bounce back after back-to-back defeats to the All Blacks.<\/p>\n

With coach Joe Schmidt looking over the team, the Wallabies have claimed some big wins over the last 12 months, including a famous 42-37 triumph over England at Twickenham\u2019s Allianz Stadium during last year\u2019s Autumn Nations Series.<\/p>\n

The Wallabies started their 2025 campaign with a last-gasp win over Fiji<\/a> before beating the British & Irish Lions<\/a> in the third Test of their series, and later defeating the Springboks at Johannesburg\u2019s Emirates Airline Park and Los Pumas<\/a> in Townsville.<\/p>\n

But as former Wallabies scrum-half Nick Phipps<\/a> explained, the Brave Blossoms pose a new challenge altogether under Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell obviously, the big Eddie Jones personality, but secondly, he\u2019s gone through a big overhaul in Japan,\u201d Phipps added.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditionally, you\u2019ve always thought of Japan as a little bit small, fast, plays quick footy but small, and he\u2019s gone on a real, real spree of getting big players in. His forward pack\u2019s starting to look really good.<\/p>\n

\u201cMight see Harry Hockings playing\u2026 They\u2019ve got Michael Leitch<\/a> there, [Warner] Dearns\u2026 they\u2019ve got a big forward pack now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2027 Men\u2019s Rugby World Cup Draw taking place in a couple of months, the next five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-231193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}