Ireland to face Scotland again in Rugby World Cup

Ireland will meet Scotland will meet in the group stage of a Rugby World Cup once again as they were drawn together in Pool D for the 2027 competition in Australia alongside Uruguay and Portugal.

Ireland were 36-14 winners when the sides met in the 2023 tournament in France, while they claimed a 27-3 win in Japan in 2019.

Scotland's last win in the fixture came in the 2017 Six Nations, but must go all the way back to 1991 for their last victory over Ireland at a World Cup.

While Scotland are familiar foes, there is fresh World Cup opposition with Ireland to face Uruguay and Portugal for the first time.

Ireland's previous meeting with Portugal occurred in the summer as they ran up a record score in a 106-7 win during their summer tour.

The top two teams i each of the six pools will qualify for the knockout phase, as-well-as the four best third-placed teams.

The winner of Pool D will face one of those teams in third in the round of 16, while the second-place team in Pool D are set to take on the winner of Pool E which contains France, Japan, USA and Samoa.