{"id":600878,"date":"2026-05-24T04:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600878\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:12:11","slug":"world-rugby-make-decision-on-chucking-georgia-out-of-the-2027-rugby-world-cup-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600878\/","title":{"rendered":"World Rugby make decision on chucking Georgia out of the 2027 Rugby World Cup &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pool E \u2014 France, Japan, United States, Samoa<\/p>\n<p>Group summary<\/p>\n<p>France headline Pool E after reaching the previous final, with Japan expected to challenge strongly for second place. Samoa and the United States provide physicality and athleticism, making this one of the more unpredictable groups.<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures<\/p>\n<p>2 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 France vs United States<br \/>Docklands Stadium, Melbourne<\/p>\n<p>3 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 Japan vs Samoa<br \/>Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>9 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 United States vs Samoa<br \/>Perth Stadium, Perth<\/p>\n<p>9 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 France vs Japan<br \/>Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p>15 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 Japan vs United States<br \/>Adelaide Oval, Adelaide<\/p>\n<p>17 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 France vs Samoa<br \/>Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n<p>Pool F \u2014 England, Wales, Tonga, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p>Group summary<\/p>\n<p>Pool F is defined by the renewed rivalry between England and Wales, who will meet in one of the final pool fixtures in Sydney. Tonga\u2019s physical style and Zimbabwe\u2019s return to the World Cup add further intrigue, with third place potentially enough to reach the knockout stage depending on rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures<\/p>\n<p>16 October 2027\u00a0\u2014\u00a0England vs Wales<br \/>Stadium Australia, Sydney<\/p>\n<p>2 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 Wales vs Zimbabwe<br \/>Adelaide Oval, Adelaide<\/p>\n<p>2 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 England vs Tonga<br \/>Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p>8 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 Wales vs Tonga<br \/>Docklands Stadium, Melbourne<\/p>\n<p>8 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 England vs Zimbabwe<br \/>Adelaide Oval, Adelaide<\/p>\n<p>15 October 2027\u00a0\u2014 Tonga vs Zimbabwe<br \/>North Queensland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pool E \u2014 France, Japan, United States, Samoa Group summary France headline Pool E after reaching the previous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-600878","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\/600878","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=600878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}