RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

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UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s not unknown – qualification for RWC2027 is going to be relatively straightforward and stress free for the top four teams from Rugby Europe next season.
In fact I will tell you now who books their tickets for Australia. It will be Georgia, Portugal, Spain and Romania with either the Netherlands or Belgium advancing to the four-team repechage tournament at the end of the year where they will have one final shot at glory....