2027 Men's Rugby World Cup Pool F

Main article: 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup

Pool F of the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup will begin on Saturday 2 October and conclude on Saturday 16 October. The pool includes one time champion England, along with Tonga, Wales and Zimbabwe. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

The draw for the pool stage will be held on 3 December 2025 in Sydney. ^[3] The World Rugby Rankings as of 1 December 2025 will determine four bands of six teams, and a team from each band will be randomly drawn into Pool A, B, C, D, E or F. Australia is the only exception, having been automatically placed into Pool A as hosts. ^[3]

Pos.	Team	Band	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Apps.	Last	Previous best performance	World Rugby Rankings [4]
									1 December 2025 [N 1]	27 September 2027 [N 2]
F1	England	1	Europe	2023 Rugby World Cup pool stage	7 October 2023	11	2023	Champions (2003)	3
F2	Wales	2	Europe	2023 Rugby World Cup pool stage	24 September 2023	11	2023	Third place (1987)	11
F3	Tonga	3	Pacific (Oceania)	2025 Pacific Nations Cup third place	6 September 2025	10	2023	Pool stage (9 times)	18
F4	Zimbabwe	4	Africa	2025 Rugby Africa Cup winners	19 July 2025	3	1991	Pool stage (1987, 1991)	24

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 2 October 2027. Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers

Matches

Wales v Zimbabwe

2 October 2027 12:15 ACST (UTC+9:30)

Wales	v	Zimbabwe

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

England v Tonga

2 October 2027 20:15 AEST (UTC+10)

England	v	Tonga

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Wales v Tonga

8 October 2027 18:15 AEDT (UTC+11)

Wales	v	Tonga

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

England v Zimbabwe

8 October 2027 20:15 ACDT (UTC+10:30)

England	v	Zimbabwe

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Notes:

• This is the first meeting between England and Zimbabwe. ^[5]

Tonga v Zimbabwe

15 October 2027 20:15 AEDT (UTC+11)

Tonga	v	Zimbabwe

North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

England v Wales

16 October 2027 19:45 AEDT (UTC+11)

England	v	Wales

Stadium Australia, Sydney

See also

• History of rugby union matches between England and Wales

Notes

1. The final rankings as of 1 December 2025 were used for the draw.
2. The final rankings before the first match of the tournament.

References

1. "Rugby World Cup 2027 draw: England and Wales paired together". BBC Sport. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
2. "Pools confirmed for Men's Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia". Rugby World Cup. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
3. "All you need to know about the draw, format, pools and dates". Rugby World Cup. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
4. "Women's and Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
5. Schofield, Daniel; Crichard, Kieran (4 December 2025). "With a World Cup draw like this, England fans can dare to dream". The Daily Telegraph . Tonga will doubtlessly rattle some rib cages but they proved little threat in their last World Cup meeting against England, a 35–3 victory in Sapporo in 2019. England, meanwhile, have never faced Zimbabwe who have qualified for their first World Cup since 1991 but that should be something approaching a T20 score. (Meanwhile in pool A, New Zealand v Hong Kong China might break all sorts of records.)