Rugby World Cup 2015 Pools

The below table details the Pools for the Rugby World Cup 2015 as they stand. As you can see there are still some teams yet to qualify, I’ll update these as they happen.

Pool APool BPool CPool D
AustraliaSouth AfricaNew ZealandFrance
EnglandSamoaArgentinaIreland
WalesScotlandTongaItaly
Oceania 1Asia 1GeorgiaCanada
Playoff WinnerUSAAfrica 1Romania

Unfortunately the official IRB site is a little lacking on solid information as to when precisely the qualification process will end, but the likely qualifiers as it stand are as follows;

Asia 1: Japan
Oceania 1: Fiji
Africa 1: Namibia
Playoff Winner: Likely to be decided between Uruguay and Russia, my money’s on Russia.

As soon as any of these are confirmed I’ll be sure to update the table

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