2023 Rugby World Cup matches to be played

Well, the matches for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has already been announced as 3 time world champions the All Blacks (Winners of the previous tournaments in 1987, 2011 & most recently in 2015) are expected to play hosts France (Who have never won the Rugby World Cup after reaching the final 3 times in 1987, 1999 & 2011) in the RWC opener at the Stade de France on the 8th of September in 2023 in our road to redemption with both of these sides hoping to top Pool A (The winner of Pool A will face the 2nd placed team of Pool B in the 4th quarterfinal) to avoid facing the defending 3 time world champions & tournament favourites South Africa (Winners in 1995, 2007 & at the last Rugby World Cup in 2019 but let's hope that the South Africans don't become the 2nd rugby playing nation to successfully defend the Rugby World Cup (There has been once so far on that occasion which is New Zealand in which we successfully retained the RWC in 2015 after previously winning it in 2011) & let's hope that it won't be Siya Kolisi (One of 3 South African skippers to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy along with Francois Pienaar & John Smit) again as the next Rugby World Cup winning captain in 2023 as well as becoming the 1st South African skipper to defend the RWC just like Richie McCaw (Who was the only All Black captain to retain the Rugby World Cup) did in both 2011 & 2015 because it'll be Sam Cane as the next All Black skipper to follow in the footsteps of both David Kirk & McCaw as the next Rugby World Cup winning captain for the AB's) in the quarterfinals but the Springboks begin their defence of the Rugby World Cup against Scotland in Marseille on September 10th, 2023 so here is the list of matches to be played in the next tournament:

Pool A

France Vs New Zealand: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Italy Vs Africa 1 (Namibia): Stade Geoffroy Guichard, St Etienne

France Vs Americas 1 (Uruguay): Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille

New Zealand Vs Africa 1 (Namibia): Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Italy Vs Americas 1 (Uruguay): Stade de Nice, Nice

France Vs Africa 1 (Namibia): Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Americas 1 (Uruguay) Vs Africa 1 (Namibia): Parc OL, Lyon

New Zealand Vs Italy: Parc OL, Lyon

New Zealand Vs Americas 1 (Uruguay): Parc OL, Lyon

France Vs Italy: Parc OL, Lyon

Pool B

Ireland Vs Europe 2 (Romania): Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

South Africa Vs Scotland: Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Ireland Vs Asia/Pacific 1 (Tonga): Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

South Africa Vs Europe 2 (Romania): Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

South Africa Vs Ireland: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Scotland Vs Asia/Pacific 1 (Tonga): Stade de Nice, Nice

Scotland Vs Europe 2 (Romania): Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille

South Africa Vs Asia/Pacific 1 (Tonga): Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Ireland Vs Scotland: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Asia/Pacific 1 (Tonga) Vs Europe 2 (Romania): Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille

Pool C

Australia Vs Europe 1 (Georgia): Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Wales Vs Fiji: Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Wales Vs Qualifier winner (Portugal): Stade de Nice, Nice

Australia Vs Fiji: Stade Geoffroy Guichard, St Etienne

Europe 1 (Georgia) Vs Qualifier winner (Portugal): Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Wales Vs Australia: Parc OL, Lyon

Fiji Vs Europe 1 (Georgia): Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Australia Vs Qualifier winner (Portugal): Stade Geoffroy Guichard, St Etienne

Wales Vs Europe 1 (Georgia): Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Fiji Vs Qualifier winner (Portugal): Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Pool D

England Vs Argentina: Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Japan Vs Americas 2 (Chile): Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Oceania 1 (Samoa) Vs Americas 2 (Chile): Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

England Vs Japan: Stade de Nice, Nice

Argentina Vs Oceania 1 (Samoa): Stade Geoffroy Guichard, St Etienne

England Vs Americas 2 (Chile): Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille

Japan Vs Oceania 1 (Samoa): Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

Argentina Vs Americas 2 (Chile): Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

England Vs Oceania 1 (Samoa): Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille

Japan Vs Argentina: Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1

Winner Pool C Vs Runner-up Pool D: Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Quarter-final 2

Winner Pool B Vs Runner-up Pool A: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Quarter-final 3

Winner Pool D Vs Runner-up Pool C: Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Quarter-final 4

Winner Pool A Vs Runner-up Pool B: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Winner QF1 Vs Winner QF2: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Semi-final 2

Winner QF3 Vs Winner QF4: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Bronze final

Runner-up SF1 Vs Runner-up SF2: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Final

Winner SF1 Vs Winner SF2: Stade de France, Saint-Denis

And this is what the quarterfinals, semi finals & final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup will look like (I'm not sure that this prediction is accurate enough):

Quarterfinals

Wales Vs Argentina
South Africa Vs France
England Vs Australia
New Zealand Vs Ireland

Semifinals

Wales Vs France
Australia Vs New Zealand

Final

Wales Vs New Zealand

So that is my 398th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 18th of this year (And there is 2 left until I reach 400 blogs).

P.S. And we just heard reports that the 36th America's Cup match will go ahead tomorrow (After a 1 week corona virus state of emergency (It was originally going to start on the 6th of March but the organizers had to call off until tomorrow grinding them to a halt on race day) had expired on Sunday morning in the Auckland area pushing from alert level 3 to alert level 2) as the defenders Emirates Team New Zealand face off against the true challenger of record Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the 1st 2 scheduled races tomorrow in a vie to win the famous Auld Mug which is the oldest trophy in international sport.