Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union tournament is the upcoming big event in the sports circle.
Rugby football is most commonly called rugby or rugger. Individuals have been playing rugby in different eras and localities, under variable rules, and the shape of the ball also varies. In the modern world, there are two main types of rugby in practice; rugby union and rugby league.
Both types are similar to one another, but both have different sets of rules. The big difference is in the regulations that apply to injured players.
Rugby union is the national sport of many countries, including New Zealand, Fiji, Wales, Tonga, Madagascar, and Samoa. The Rugby World Cup 2023 is a rugger men union tournament. The people in Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and northern England often play rugby league.
Methods To Play Rugby
Two teams consisting of fifteen individuals each play against each other for eighty minutes during the match. The goal is to score as many points as possible and outnumber the score of the opponent team. During the playing time, score-points are obtained by scoring tries or kicking goals through the oval ball.
There is a field goal shaped like the letter “H” made out of poles at each end of the playing ground. In the playing field, there is an in-goal region, and players are required to hit the ball and make it to the top of the in-goal site of the opposing team to score a goal.
There are three ways to score, but it is essential to pass the ball in the backward direction. Players can run while carrying the ball and kick it too, but they can only move it to someone from their team present in the backward direction.
For scoring a try the team gets 5 points. When a team after scoring a try kicks the ball through the in-goal region and does a successful conversion, it achieves two additional points.
A team obtains three points if they get a penalty, and they successfully make it through the goal post by kicking the ball. When a team does a dropkick they achieve three points. A dropkick is a term for a playing strategy where the player holding the ball drops the ball onto the ground and then kicks it through the goal post.
Jhony Wilkinson is famous for his drop kick which he performed in the final against Australia, in the 2003 World Cup. His dropkick contributed to England winning the World Cup in 2003.
Beginning The Play
Rugger play starts when a player from one team kicks the ball from the midway line towards the opponent team’s in-goal field. The players continue to play until a try is scored, the ball crosses the dead ball line or sideline, or an infringement occurs. Players can run by carrying the ball or kick it and pass it to the other teammates. The player carrying the ball must not move it to a team member closer to the opponent team’s goal.
A team can get an opportunity to score a goal after scoring a try. To score a try, players manage to touch the ball they are carrying to the ground on or beyond the opposing team’s in-goal region. After a successful trial, the team with the try has the chance to kick a goal. This scenario is called conversion kick and is equivalent to two points scoring additional to the two points of the try.
In rugby union, a try gives the team five points, but in rugby league, a try is equivalent to four score-points. The opposing team can only tackle the player carrying the ball below the neck. The team with the highest score wins the match.
The Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the matches are nearby. The Rugby World Cup is a tournament of rugby union teams from across the globe representing different countries.
The World Rugby, an international governing body, has the duty of administering the event and deciding which country will host it. The winners of the tournament receive the Webb Ellis Cup. According to a famous legend, William Webb Ellis is the person who invented the game by picking up the ball and refusing to play it only by kicking it during a football match.
Since 1987 after every four years the tournament occurs, four countries have won the trophy. New Zealand and South Africa won the trophy thrice, England once, and Australia twice. The winner of the 2019 Rugger World Cup in South Africa and the host was Japan. France will host the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2023.
Tournament Qualification
For each rugby World Cup, twenty teams qualify, and twelve teams gain their position depending upon their performance in the previous tournament. The top three teams of the previous World Cup join the next tournament as seeded teams. The remaining eight teams get their position in the competition depending upon their region.
Eight teams from Europe, five from Oceania, three from America, two from Africa, and one from Asia will participate in the Rugby World Cup 2023. The last team gets its position in the tournament after an intercontinental play-off.
The twenty teams from different countries compete over six weeks. Twenty teams are divided into four pools, each consisting of five teams. The teams are seeded into the pools depending upon the world ranking. During the pool stage, inter-pool games are played. Eight teams from the four pools consisting of the winner and runner-up from each pool from A to D enter the Knockout stage.
During the knockout stage, players play quarter-finals QF, semi-finals SF, and final matches. In the QF winner of one pool plays rugby against the runner-up of the other pool. Four teams out of the eight qualify for SF, and the proceeding winners qualify for the finale.
If the knockout stage of a match ends in a draw, increase the time for the game. If extra time cannot aid in determining the winner, then the match goes into sudden death. After a sudden death, the team that scores any points becomes the winner.
The Rugby World Cup Trophy
The trophy is commonly called “The Cup” or “The World Cup” and the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup was first chosen for use in the competition in 1987. In 1906 the trophy was created by Garrard’s Crown Jewelers. On the face of the Cup; “The International Rugby Football Board” and “The Webb Ellis Cup” words engravings are present.
The length of the trophy is thirty-eight centimeters, and it is silver gilded in gold. The Cup has the support of two cast scroll handles, one with a head of a nymph and the other with a satyr-head. In Australia, the shiny, eye-catching Rugby World Cup Trophy is called Bill regarding William Webb Ellis.
People are waiting to purchase the Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets. They are excited for the event as after the lockdown or pandemic, the event is the first high-class mega event involving rugby.
The host of the union tournament keeps the revenue from all the gate receipts. The Organization World Rugby collects revenue from broadcasting rights, sponsorship, and tournament fees through RWCL.
The Rugby World Cup 2023 Host
The voting of World Rugby Council members (WRC) decides the host for the World Cup of rugby union. The Independent auditors’ team manages the voting procedure and keeps the votes confidential. Generally, selection of the host nation occurs five or six years prior to the World Cup.
Multiple nations have been the host of the competition in the previous years. Some of the tournaments were hosted by more than one nation. For instance, the host of the tournament in 1987 was New Zealand and Australia.
The audience for the competition increases from the previous World tournaments, and hosts usually upgrade or reconstruct stadia to facilitate most of the audience. The Rugby World Cup 2023 is the tenth scheduled tournament of the rugger union men. France will host the competition that will begin on 8 September 2023 and end with the finale on 28 October 2023.
Nine venues are welcoming the teams for the tournament across the country. The opening match and the finale will take place in the same place. It will occur at the Stade de France, located in the commune of Saint-Denis in the north of Paris.
France will be hosting the Rugby World Cup 2023 for the third time. In 2017 17th March it was decided twelve cities will become venue for the tournament but later they were reduced to nine cities. The nine venues are Saint-Denis Stade de France, Marseille Stade Velodrome, Decines-Charpieu Lyon Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Villeneuve-d’Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique, Saint-Etienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Nice Allianz Riviera, Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire, and Toulouse Stadium Municipal.
The Stade de France has a capacity of 80,698, Stade Velodrome has capacity of 67,394, Parc Olympique Lyonnais has capacity of 59186 and Stade Pierre-Mauroy has the capacity to facilitate 50157 individuals. The other stadiums facilitate 33,000 to 42,000.
Pool Draw Of Rugby World Cup 2023
On 1 January 2020 depending upon the world-class ranking 12 automatic qualifiers were given their respective bands. Band 1 consists of the four highest-ranked teams, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, and England.
Band 2 consists of the next four highest-ranked teams composed of Ireland, Australia, Japan, and France. Band 3 has the final four of the direct qualifiers comprising Scotland, Argentina, Italy, and Fiji.
Band 4 consists of one team from Samoa Oceania, one from Europe, one from America, and one from Asiaor the Pacific region. The rugby team from Georgia will fulfill the position of Europe 1. The one team in band 4 from America will be Uruguay. Band 5 consists of one team from Africa, two from Europe, two from America, and the final qualifier winner. The team from Africa will be from Romania.
Schedule Of Matches of Rugby World Cup 2023
The Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are available, and the purchase of tickets will begin officially soon. The schedule of the pool stage for pool A consists of the following matches;
- France v New Zealand – 8th September
- Italy v Africa-9th September
- France v Uruguay-14th September
- New Zealand v Africa – 15th September
- Italy v Uruguay-20th September
- France v Africa – 21st September
- Uruguay v Africa – 27th September
- New Zealand v Italy – 29th September
- New Zealand v Uruguay – 5th October
- France v Italy – 6th October
The schedule of pool B is as follows:
- Ireland v Romania – 9th September
- South Africa v Scotland – 10th September
- Ireland v Asia/Pacific – 16th September
- South Africa v Romania – 17th September
- South Africa v Ireland – 23rd September
- Scotland v Asia/Pacific 1 – 24 September
- Scotland v Romania – 30th September
- South Africa v Asia/Pacific – 1st October
- Ireland v Scotland – 7th October
- Asia/Pacific v Romania – 8th October
Pool C match schedule is as follows:
- Australia v Georgia – 9th September
- Wales v Fiji – 10th September
- Wales v Final Qualifier Winner – 16th September
- Australia v Fiji – 17th September
- Georgia v Final Qualifier Winner – 23 September
- Wales v Australia – 24th September
- Fiji v Georgia – 30th September
- Australia v Final Qualifier winner – 1st October
- Wales v Georgia – 7th October
- Fiji v Final Qualifier Winner – 8th October
The schedule for the pool stage of Pool D is as follows:
- England v Argentina – 9th September
- Japan v Americas2 – 10th September
- Samoa v Americas2 – 16th September
- England v Japan – 17th September
- Argentina v Samoa – 22nd September
- England v Americas2 – 23rd September
- Japan v Samoa – 28th September
- Argentina v Americas2 – 30th September
- England v Samoa – 7th October
- Japan v Argentina – 8th October
The knockout stage consists of quarter-finals that will occur on the 14th and 15th of October, the semi-finals that will take place on the 20th and 21st of October, and the final. The final match will take place on 28th October. Grab your Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets and enjoy the tournament.
