RWC Australia 2027 & 2029 and RWC USA 2031 & 2033

Peregrine

England has been awarded the 2025 women's Rugby World Cup. Australia has been awarded the 2027 men's Rugby World Cup and the 2029 women's Rugby World Cup. USA will host the 2031 men's Rugby World Cup and the 2033 women's Rugby World Cup.

This will be the first time the USA will host a Rugby World Cup whereas Australia last hosted a Rugby World Cup in 2003.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2022/0512/1297571-australia-and-usa-to-host-next-mens-rugby-world-cups/

RichieRich_89

Rugby on gridiron pitches 91m long and 49m wide 😕

Dubinusa

Was there no entries by other countries? Delighted the U.S gets a chance. Would love to see Ireland host it.

starkid

still a pain in the hoop we never got to host it. You´d hope if Rugby keeps on getting stronger here, the 2030s might see us get a crack.

Prob will never be able to because of people screaming about other things. 2023 was perfect timing.

Cookiemunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050665#Comment_119050665

You're ignoring the end zones and the insanely big sideline areas with those dimensions. It's actually 102yds or 110m in length, so a regulation rugby pitch of 100m with 5m in goals areas will easily fit. And there will be plenty of room for the 70m width too when there aren't hundreds of people standing along each sideline.

Although it's unlikely (m)any NFL stadiums will be used as the RWC falls right in the middle of the regular season.

touts

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050884#Comment_119050884

Sadly Ireland as a main host is never going to happen now. The Rugby world cup has outgrown the Irish stadia infrastructure.

The US will be an interesting host. I'd say all the big nations will be playing there on a regular basis between now and the World Cup to drum up interest.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050923#Comment_119050923

And thats going off a max size of pitch. Which can be 94m and you can cut a metre each side as well

RichieRich_89

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050923#Comment_119050923

102y ≠ 110m. Do you mean the other way around?

SaoPaulo41

If they wanted WC in the Americas then Argentina deserve it more than USA

Cookiemunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050995#Comment_119050995

Typo. With the endzones its 120yds.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050996#Comment_119050996

Did they apply to host?

SaoPaulo41

I thought they pulled out of 2027 to go for 2031, maybe wrong , sorry if so.

[Deleted User]

No, they never applied to host 2031 - USA were the only applicant. The Argentina bid for 2027 was withdrawn to strengthen the Australian bid, must have gotten a pay off from the ARU as they were the only other applicant.

errlloyd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050923#Comment_119050923

To be fair, there are some very cool Stadiums in the NFL that can swap a pitch in and out in the space of a couple of hours.

Dave_The_Sheep

Operation save Australian rugby union is in full swing.

Hurray.

TRC10

Will be really interesting to see where the final is in 2031. Could be any number of places.

2027 will obviously be ANZ stadium Sydney.

bazwraf

Will be giving serious consideration to attending one of these. Preference would be Australia. My daughter would be 7 then, so would be great to take her, but can't imagine her teacher mother would be too happy with me taking her out of school for 2.5 weeks.

Any shorter, probably wouldn't be worth it

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050996#Comment_119050996

USA is a bigger prize for all varieties of reasons. Will be interesting to see if it works. The clash with the NFL isn't necessarily ideal, but if they could arrange something to try and have the NFL help support it it could be interesting.

salmocab

My only beef with it being in the the US is it’s so vast that it could be eaten whole and barely noticed if they don’t do an amazing job of selling it to the sporting public. Be interesting to see the spread of cities getting it and the venues.

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052692#Comment_119052692

Rugby is so far off the radar when it comes to public interest in sport it's practically invisible.

Even soccer which has a far greater reach and has been heavily promoted for 30 years is well behind the other four big sports in the US.

A WRC in September and October in the US will be competing with the start of the NFL season, the start of NCAA football, and the end of season/playoffs in MLB.

In reality it will not get a look in in the grand scheme of things.

I'd imagine the games will be played in those purpose built 20k odd MLS stadiums or the smaller scale NCAA facilities.

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052765#Comment_119052765

The games will not be in 20k stadiums.

Pauliedragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050665#Comment_119050665

In Oz there'll be matches on Aussie rules pitches which are between 135m-185 metres long and 110-155m wide. Bring the binoculars in Melbourne.

Larbre34

Emm...

OldRio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052765#Comment_119052765

Rumours in some media outlets the USA World Cup will be moved to the summer.

Cash is king.

salmocab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119055514#Comment_119055514

Players will be delighted at that prospect

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119055514#Comment_119055514

That would make a lot of sense from a stadium availability point of view.

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119055548#Comment_119055548

Its more or less just going to be the equivalent of what the SH teams do now. Don't see the big deal.

salmocab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119057588#Comment_119057588

the heat will be oppressive in parts of the states in the summer, players not used to it aren’t going to be happy playing during the day which will be a necessity with so many games to be played.

Dubinusa

Most sides will want to be based in the northwest area. Seattle or Portland. Coolest part of the US. God help any side in Georgia or Florida! The humidity is unnatural. I hate those states in summer.

Fresh to Death

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052692#Comment_119052692

I completely agree with this. The sheer vastness of the country, coupled with the absolute invisibility of rugby as a sport over there, will mean it won't feel like a RWC at all. There will likely be zero buzz in the cities etc hosting games.

I get the commercial logic of it being there, but it's not one I'd be as enthused about attending.

Pauliedragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119057588#Comment_119057588

Not sure what SA or ARG do but in NZ and AUS it's a Winter sports. Don't ever remember a game in Summer when I was there.