England will begin their Pool D marketing campaign towards Argentina on Sept. 9 in Marseille, the place world champions South Africa will tackle Scotland the day after in Pool B earlier than dealing with Eire in Paris on Sept. 23.

“To be in the identical pool as Eire and Scotland can be a large problem, however to win the match, you’ve gotten to have the ability to beat all of the groups and we can be correctly examined within the pool phases,” South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber mentioned.

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England will keep within the south with their second recreation towards Japan scheduled for Sept. 17 in Good.

The World Cup can be held from Sept. 8 to Oct. 28, 2023.

“Everybody who likes rugby desires of seeing this recreation,” France captain Charles Ollivon mentioned of the conflict with the All Blacks.

“Kicking off our World Cup towards the All Blacks, there isn’t any equal.”

France and New Zealand have a wealthy historical past within the World Cup, with Les Bleus inflicting a significant upset in a 43-31 victory within the 1999 semifinal after being 17-0 down at half-time, and the All Blacks successful the 2011 title with an 8-7 win within the last.

They met a complete of seven instances on the World Cup.

“It should be a large event taking part in France within the opening match of the match,” New Zealand’s Sam Cane mentioned.

“Matches between our two sides have been a few of the most celebrated video games in our historical past, so it’s going to be incredible to satisfy them as soon as once more.”