RWC 2023: Daniel like the uneven nature of France Rugby World Cup

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RWC 2023: Daniel like the uneven nature of France Rugby World Cup

It’s not regularly those with their hands on the levers of power pay heed to the baying mob and their noisy objections. Especially in rugby, where new rules, alterations to the grab height and the closure of beloved clubs point to a sport by times at chances with those who value and support it. But on this unusual occasion, the cries of the people have been heard.

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Resulting from the combination of Ireland, South Africa and Scotland. The number one, four and five ranked sides in the world in a single pool at this year’s Rugby World Cup, and they’re on the same side of the draw as France and New Zealand two and three according to the leading body’s metrics. World Rugby’s chiefs have obviously to delay the draw for the next international showpiece tournament in Australia in 2027.

This choice has not been made in a vacuum. Two years ago, the viewpoint of only two of the above teams triumph the semi-final wouldn’t have essentially been a disaster. In 2020 Wales and England were among the four top-classified teams. France and Ireland worked on improvement. Scotland was still revolving from an RWC group stage exit in Japan in 2019. But a lot has transformed and two years is a long time in rugby.

Paul Grayson the 2003 RWC winner

Paul Grayson, who lifted the legendary golden chalice in 2003 with England, attacked the lopsided nature of the draw in a column for the global newspaper. Grayson called out what he saw as complete

garbage and argued that it does nothing for the sport’s reliability. He continued, show me one more sport that does it this way. Did Wimbledon make the draw for this year’s contests in 2020? Not.

The two facts Grayson makes have value but here I’m going to differ, respectfully, with a man who has an MBE and 32 Test caps. Please trust me I’m not being a contrarian just for the bans when I say I quite like how unfair the France Rugby World Cup looks. Please be sure to remind me of this when South Africa has to run through a gauntlet of Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand and France just to reach the final.

Only to be beaten by an England side that’s trotted to the contest game in second gear. Maybe then I’ll eat my words, but for now, hear me out. One of my main worries about top male tennis over the last era or so is how expectable it all is. Since 2008, when Novak Djokovic won his first grand slam, any fool who didn’t know his forehand from his forehead could surely predict that one of the ‘Big Three’ would reach the final.

France Rugby World Cup much differs than Qatar football world cup

The safe money was on two of them challenging the final. If we’re using tennis as an example of a sport that helps up random winners, then we’re extending the meaning of that term. The comparison between Qatar and last year’s world cup also doesn’t stand up to inquiry. FIFA could have proclaimed the draw on the day of the first game and it wouldn’t have made a difference to the travel and lodging plans for fans arriving in the tiny nation.

It’s a little different in France. As any of you who’ve by now started booking flights and hotels will know, France Rugby World Cup 2023 has already attested to be a logistical conundrum. That is not the blame of the local arranging team, the French rugby federation or World Rugby. It’s just a sign of the size of France and the financial times we’re living in. The contest rightly, for player welfare is stretched across seven weeks. For more about knowing Rugby World Cup Tickets.

England Rugby World Cup fans will have to zig-zag from London to Marseille to Nice to Lille and then to Marseille and Paris if they reach the semi-finals. Advanced caution allows admirers to make adequate arrangements. Two years might be a long time in rugby but that time can pass very rapidly when you’ve got a life beyond being a sports fan. Particularly when you’re trying to save up for what promises to be a bright, but drawn-out, party.

RWC 2023 winner will be remembered for years

Besides, who doesn’t love a bit of a surprise? Eddie Jones has a real shot of taking Australia to a final. Imagine that! Could Warren Gatland take benefit of a positive draw and steer Wales, a braise of a rugby team made up of green vegetables and old meat, to within 80 minutes of a first-ever title? He might just. And what of the titans over in pools A and B? If any of them arise from that meat grinder and lift the RWC 2023 trophy in the French capital.

They would have a solid claim to have ruled the hardest obstacle course in rugby. Would that make them the best-ever winners in Rugby World Cup history? Sport blooms on its stories. We don’t need our contests to crown the factually best side in the world. This is not a regular league table. South Africa was far from the best side in Japan four years ago. They had quite easy run to win in 2007.

Only the most diehard admirer would argue that they were a better rugby side than New Zealand in 1995. Does any of that trouble? Go ask a South Africa fan and you’ll get a definite response. This will be the last World Cup that throws up such a bumpy affair. And though I suppose most of you will be glad to read that sentence, I’ll miss this crooked structure for all its foibles and quirks.

Jonny Wilkinson titled Capgemini’s global diplomat for France Rugby World Cup 2023

Capgemini, global partner of RWC 2023 and world rugby’s digital transformation companion, today declared its partnership with rugby legend, Jonny Wilkinson. Both Capgemini and Jonny share many

shared values and a desire for sustainable practices in sports. He will escort the global brand on its world cup trip. At Capgemini, we use our sports sponsorships to unite, update and transform.

This is also how Jonny Wilkinson conducts himself as a diplomat for rugby and a businessman, remarks Virginie Regis, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Capgemini and associate of the group supervisory committee. As a previous Rugby World Cup winner and two-time European Cup winner with Toulon in France, joined with his desire for justifiable practices on and off the pitch, Jonny was a natural best for us.

In his ability as our global diplomat for rugby, Jonny will help to articulate Capgemini’s vision of enabling the alteration of sport through skill and innovation. Capgemini as an association is driven by the belief that alteration should benefit all of humanity for a long time. A view that I surely share when it comes to private growth, the future of sport and trade as a whole, said Jonny Wilkinson. Capgemini is playing an energetic role in helping world rugby in its struggles to transform the sport.

First ever associate to sponsor both men's and women's contest

Whether that is through vital hi-tech solutions at the France Rugby World Cup 2023, creating a more complete pathway for female leaders in rugby, or helping world rugby to embed sustainability into its operations. I am excited to be associated with Capgemini on the road to the world cup and to be putting attention to its groundbreaking work.

Capgemini is the first global partner to sponsor both world rugby as a digital transformation partner and global partner of women in rugby and most of its main men’s RWC 2023 and women’s international tournaments world cup 2021 played in 2022, and World Cup 2025 as well as the HSBC world rugby sevens series.

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