RWC 2023 moves a step closer with pool draws

Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will learn just how big a task he will face to get his team into a World Cup quarter-final when the France 2023 pool draw takes place in Paris at 11.30am Monday.

With the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting much of this year’s international rugby, the seedings for the pool draw are based on World Rugby’s men’s rankings as of January 1, 2020 with Ireland placed in the second band of nations for the 20-team tournament.