Rugby Dispatch

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.

Official teams, pools and tournament dates ↗

Follow 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.