RWC Australia 2027 & 2029 and RWC USA 2031 & 2033

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Cash is king.

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

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.