{"id":18343,"date":"2020-12-14T09:44:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343"},"modified":"2020-12-14T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:45:12","slug":"ireland-drawn-with-south-africa-and-scotland-for-2023-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Drawn With South Africa And Scotland For 2023 Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EpMpefXXMAcdkHh-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EpMpefXXMAcdkHh-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EpMpefXXMAcdkHh-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EpMpefXXMAcdkHh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EpMpefXXMAcdkHh.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Ireland and Scotland have been drawn together alongside world champions South Africa for the pool stage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Farrell\u2019s side and Gregor Townsend\u2019s men will join the Springboks, an Asia\/Pacific qualifier and a qualifier from Europe in Pool B.<\/p>\n<p>England have been drawn alongside Japan and Argentina in Pool D, while Wales will be joined in Pool C by Australia and Fiji.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts France have been paired with three-time world champions New Zealand in Pool A, a group which also includes Italy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-18343\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-18343\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-18343\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18343\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland and Scotland have been drawn together alongside world champions South Africa for the pool stage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. 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