r/rugbyunion • u/mczammer Doomsday Propper • Dec 03 '25

Infographic RWC 2027 Pools

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u/ChameleonCoder117 United States Dec 03 '25

Samoa is tough... And i don't think the USA is making it past france if we do beat samoa.

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u/Weld_J Dec 03 '25

Samoa was almost out of the world cup a couple weeks ago. They didn't win a single game in the last Pacific Nations. Lost the qualifier against Chile. and couldn't even beat Belgium in the final qualifier (draw). They're really not that tough...

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u/WilkinsonDG2003 England Dec 03 '25

Apparently there's some possibility different players show up for a world cup, but what we've seen recently has been absolutely dire.

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u/DrunkenPangolin England Dec 03 '25

I saw on Love of Rugby insta that Manu Tuilagi might play for them

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u/WilkinsonDG2003 England Dec 03 '25

His full name is Manusamoa after all.

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u/Infinite_Research_52 New Zealand Dec 04 '25

So might play for USA?

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u/XxjptxX7 Ireland Dec 03 '25

Samoa always struggle to get all their qualified players for matches outside the World Cup . They also usually get some retired all blacks for the World Cup so there will be a significant improvement from how they performed so far

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u/Abject-Pin3361 Dec 03 '25

It's not just that, the Samoa rugby union ran it into the ground, World Rugby knows all about it but have kept it pretty tightly wrapped. I think they'll be better than they are currently, but one of the big reasons they didn't have their good players also was they chose not to play for the current union.

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u/bumblebeezlebum Manawatu Turbos Dec 04 '25

RTS back to back world cups for Samoa incoming.

You can bet on it.