How the RWC is expected to go with Scotland departing early, Ireland losing, and Wales eliminated

Posted by Xchange Tickets on May 17th, 2023

Top teams are in danger of an early exit from the competition, while Wales has a realistic chance of reaching the semi-finals. The Rugby World Cup 2023 is currently less than four months out of reach. We are offering France Rugby World Cup Tickets. Rugby admirers can get World Cup Tickets through our trusted online ticketing marketplace. 

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As excitement for the eagerly anticipated competition grows, the world's top countries have announced their provisional squads.

Wales Rugby World Cup Team

Wales will be led by Warren Gatland to a fourth international competition, and he will try to overcome the odds to build on his past accomplishments, which included his team reaching the Rugby World Cup semi-finals in 2011 and 2019 as well as a Rugby World Cup quarter-final in 2015. Gatland's team will be up against it after a poor Six Nations and a miserable fall season before it.

But they may still advance far in the tournament due to the peculiarities surrounding this year's tournament's draw. In addition to surprising inclusions like Cai Evans of the Ospreys and former England international Henry Thomas, the Wales manager unveiled his preliminary 54-man practice team for the RWC 2023 earlier this month.

However, neither Joe Hawkins, who was ruled ineligible to represent his country after joining Exeter Chiefs in the summer, nor players like Wyn Jones, Leon Brown, or Bradley Roberts had a spot available. There will be enough Welsh talent on the way to France Rugby World Cup in September regardless of who makes the final squad.

But Gatland will be encouraged even more by the unexpected advantage his team unintentionally received before the competition. The seedings for the competition were determined by the world rankings in effect at the beginning of 2020, which was the year after the most recent Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The tournament has subsequently become lopsided due to significant changes in the worldwide rankings since then, with the top teams in the world occupying one side and teams at the bottom of the rankings on the other.

Due to the circumstances, three of the top five teams in the world won't advance past the quarterfinal round, with France, Ireland, New Zealand, and defending champion South Africa among those that will lose early. It also means that Wales and rival England will have a much simpler path through the competition and may go to the semifinals without playing a top-five opponent.

Gatland's side must first escape a stage filled with potential. Here is how the France Rugby World Cup in 2023 might pan out for Wales and their competitors if they can do so.

Wales' opponents at the Rugby World Cup 2023?

Australia, which is presently rated seventh in the world, Fiji, Georgia, and Portugal are Wales' rivals in Group C. On September 10, they face the Fijians in their opening Rugby World Cup match, which might be challenging. They then play Portugal six days after.

The only squad ranked above them is Australia, which Warren Gatland's group must defeat on September 24. Georgia, the final opponent in the group stage round, will be played on October 7. To become RWC 2023 eye witness you can buy Wales Vs Australia Tickets from our online platform.

Wales is currently In the 9th spot

Wales, which is presently ranked ninth in the globe, has the potential to challenge for first place and has more than enough talent to place in the top two and go to the knockout rounds. Gatland, despite his successful track record in important competitions, will nevertheless be cautious due to the threat that his side's opponents provide.

In the disastrous Autumn campaign of the previous year, which resulted in the firing of his predecessor Wayne Pivac as Wales manager, he oversaw dreadful losses to both Australia and Georgia. Following victories over Argentina and New Zealand, Wales suffered its first-ever defeat at home to Georgia before losing a 21-point advantage to fall 34-39 to the Wallabies just one week later.

In other pool matches, Chile, who are now ranked 22nd in the world, is up against Japan, who are ranked 10th, Argentina, who are ranked 8, Samoa, who are ranked 12, and England. While Pool A will almost certainly feature a matchup between France and New Zealand, Pool B is this year's undisputed Group of Death with three of the elite five teams in the world Ireland, South Africa, and Scotland all playing each other.

Here are all of the pools:

Pool A:  Italy, New Zealand, Namibia, Uruguay, France

Pool B: Romania, South Africa, Ireland, Tonga, Scotland

Pool C: Wales, Fiji, Portugal, Australia, Georgia,

Pool D: Chile, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, England

Who will compete in the quarterfinals?

All the regular suspects should be there in the final rounds, but given the contentious draw for this year's competition, things could turn out very differently.

Just over a year after the competition in Japan, the RWC 2023 draw was prepared. The participants were determined based on the world rankings at the beginning of 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The top contenders at the time were the newly crowned world champions South Africa, who were followed by New Zealand, England, and defending Grand Slam winners Wales in fourth position. But more than three years later, Ireland and France are now at the top of the heap, and the world's best sides now look remarkably different.

Springboks and All Blacks are in a slim margin

The Springboks and All Blacks are still in the running, coming in at third and fourth, respectively, but England has dropped to sixth and Wales is on the verge of leaving the top 10. Scotland, on the other hand, is ranked fifth after defeating both England and Wales in this year's Six Nations.

RWC Squads in an uneven draw

As a result, there is an imbalance in the tournament, with all of the top-ranked teams on one side of the draw and none of the top-five teams on the other. In Pool B, which includes Ireland, South Africa, and Scotland, one of those teams will be ousted at the group stage, while the other two will face the top two teams in Pool A, probably France and New Zealand.

As things stand, three of the top five teams in the world are unable to get through the first round of the knockout tournament. The tournament favourites, France, are likely to face the defending world champions, South Africa, in the quarterfinals, while Ireland is predicted to win their group and face the All Blacks in another exciting matchup.

Wales might anticipate playing either Japan or Argentina on the opposite side of the draw if they finish first in Pool C ahead of the Wallabies, who would probably play England. However, if Gatland's team came in second in their group, a matchup with Steve Borthwick's team would appear to be inescapable.

Who is likely to win the RWC 2023?

Worldwide greatest band Given their past Rugby World Cup failings (they haven't advanced past the last eight), Ireland is just the third favourite at 9/2. While England (10/1) and Australia (11/1) are also just about in the mix with bookies, South Africa (5/1) is also in the running to retain their title.

The odds against Wales winning the France Rugby World Cup 2023 are 35/1. These odds put them below Argentina (33/1) but slightly higher than Scotland (40/1), who, according to bookies, face a formidable struggle to avoid being eliminated at the Pool stage.

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