Rugby World Cup: draw for 2019 set to take place closer to tournament
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• Three current top-six nations drawn in same pool for 2015 World Cup• World Rugby admit draw needs to better reflect current world rankingsThe pool draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup is likely to be conducted closer to the tournament to reduce the risk of three heavyweight nations occupying the same group. England, Wales and Australia are preparing to share the same pool next month, despite all of them being ranked among the world’s top-six sides.The draw for the 2015 tournament, which is now exactly a month away, was made in December 2012 at a time when Wales had temporarily slipped to ninth …





