Australia · 1 October–13 November 2027
The road to
World Cup 2027.
24 teams. One place to follow their journey. Choose a country for local reporting, international news, videos and preparation coverage.
Pool A
New Zealand184 stories Australia82 stories Chile11 stories Hong Kong China4 storiesPool B
South Africa152 stories Italy11 stories Georgia7 stories Romania3 storiesPool C
Argentina54 stories Fiji11 stories Spain6 stories Canada9 storiesPool D
Ireland31 stories Scotland36 stories Uruguay11 stories Portugal2 storiesPool E
France23 stories Japan17 stories USA30 stories Samoa1 storyPool F
England74 stories Wales27 stories Tonga0 stories Zimbabwe3 storiesFollow the build-up.
Watch squad selections, coaching changes, injuries and warm-up matches as the tournament approaches. Country pages bring together matching coverage from our published editions, newest first, and update whenever we publish. Some teams currently have less coverage than others.
Our automatic matching uses national-team names and nicknames in headlines and excludes clearly labelled women’s, youth, sevens and rugby league stories. An occasional unrelated story can slip through; please send us corrections.