Here are the eight teams still in the World Cup title race, with the tournament heating up as it moves into its knockout phase.
It’s clear the world’s balance of rugby power has shifted to the northern hemisphere when looking at the latest Rugby World Cup 2023 results. Photo by Dan Sheridan/INPHO/Shutterstock/Backpagepix
Three out of the aforementioned teams compete in the Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere’s premier annual Test competition. Fiji, however, have been the surprise package at the Rugby World Cup and have usurped the Wallabies as the fourth southern Test nation to make the playoffs.
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