Melbourne is set to be a host city during the Rugby World Cup in 2027.
The Rugby World Cup is one of the world’s biggest sporting events, and will take place in Australia between 1 October and 13 November 2027, with more than 140,000 visitors expected to travel to Australia for the tournament/
The Rugby World Cup will be contested by 24 countries, broken into six pools of four teams, with the top two teams from each pool and the four ‘next best’ third-placed teams qualifying for the knockout stages.
The last time the Rugby World Cup was staged in Australia was 2003, where Melbourne hosted seven matches at Docklands Stadium attracting more than 85,000 interstate and international visitors.
The expanded 24-team tournament will be contested across seven cities – Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney and Townsville. This will be the third time Australia has hosted or co-hosted rugby’s showpiece event.
The tournament is projected to inject more than $2 billion into the Australian economy and will establish long-term legacy programs for rugby across communities around the country.
