{"id":254209,"date":"2025-11-10T03:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254209\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:25:10","slug":"2027-rugby-world-cup-draw-updated-england-handed-easier-group-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254209\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Rugby World Cup draw updated \u2014 England handed easier group &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pool C \u2013 \u201cThe Wild Card Pool\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand (Band 1)\u00a0\u2014 The All Blacks, rugby royalty with speed, skill, and killer instinct.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji (Band 2)\u00a0\u2014 Fijian flair and athleticism make them dangerous in any matchup.<\/p>\n<p>USA (Band 3)\u00a0\u2014 Big, athletic squad with growing ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong China (Band 4)\u00a0\u2014 Developing team looking to make an impact on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0Storyline:\u00a0Expect fireworks between New Zealand and Fiji; USA and Hong Kong will battle for the third spot.<\/p>\n<p>Pool D \u2013 \u201cThe European Throwdown\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England (Band 1)\u00a0\u2014 Powerful, well-drilled side with a deep tactical playbook.<\/p>\n<p>Italy (Band 2)\u00a0\u2014 Tough, resilient side with big scrummaging power.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay (Band 3)\u00a0\u2014 South American fighters with resilience to match their passion.<\/p>\n<p>Canada (Band 4)\u00a0\u2014 Experienced team, looking to build consistency.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0Storyline:\u00a0England should lead this pool, but Italy\u2019s unpredictability makes this one dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/2027-rugby-world-cup-draw-updated-england-handed-easier-group\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pool C \u2013 \u201cThe Wild Card Pool\u201d New Zealand (Band 1)\u00a0\u2014 The All Blacks, rugby royalty with speed,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-254209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}