Having beaten New Zealand in 2020 and drawn twice with Australia, Argentina will be among the most fancied of the major teams. Their fixtures against England and Japan promise to be spectacular.
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Australia's open style of play have made them synonymous with some of the most memorable moments in Rugby World Cup history. Two-time winners of the Webb Ellis Cup, in 1991 and 1999, Australia will hope to dominate once more in 2023.
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England remains the only northern hemisphere nation to lift the Webb Ellis Cup but struggled in the 2021 Six Nations. But, with this generation of brilliant players, beware the wounded Lion.
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The Pacific Island nation's spectacular game, a clever mix of power, speed, and skill and agility with the ball in hand, is a pleasure to watch. The Fijians find themselves drawn against Australia and Wales for the third time in a row.
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As a perennial powerhouse in the Six Nations, Ireland will be thrilled at the prospect of a European-hosted Rugby World Cup and the chance to achieve a major milestone: to get beyond the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time in history.
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Finishing third in their pool in the last five editions, Italy will be targeting getting through the knockout stages for the first time. But to do that they will have to overcome either New Zealand or France, two RWC 2023 favourites.
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The surprise team in the last two tournaments, Japan captivated both local and overseas fans with their intense, fast-paced, skills-based attacking game. With a new professional league recently launched, Japan look good to repeat their sensational performances in 2023 in a pool containing England and Argentina.
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New Zealand are three-time winners of the Webb Ellis Cup and, stung by their semifinal exit in 2019, will once again be among the favourites at Rugby World Cup 2023. The most dominant team in the history of world rugby.
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Samoa has been responsible for more upsets in Rugby World Cup history than any other team and the proud Pacific Islanders will be looking to continue that giant-killing reputation in 2023.
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Scotland's last-minute defeat of France, winning in Paris for the first time in 22 years, in the deciding 2021 Six Nations fixture showed there's no shortage of self-belief in this team. And those performances can only lift when crowds return, belting out Flower of Scotland in a packed stadium, the most beautiful sporting anthems.
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Defending champions South Africa will have the opportunity to write another chapter in their inspiring history by becoming the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup four times.
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14th nation qualified for Rugby World Cup 2023, Uruguay got the better of the United States of America in the “Americas 1” playoff. A hard-fought victory which gives the Teros access to Pool A, where they will be up against New-Zealand, France, Italy and the winner of the Rugby Africa Cup 2022.
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2021 Six Nations champions under a first-time coach, Wales must be thrilled at the prospect of overhauling the record of three-time semi-finalists (1987, 2011, 2019) at Rugby World Cup 2023.
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