Australia is gearing up for a huge festival of rugby, with the World Cup set to head Down Under in The host cities for the men's Rugby World Cup have now also been confirmed with seven locations across the country selected to host matches. But it appears there may be one city that has missed out on hosting some of the tournament's biggest matches.
Surprisingly, Brisbane, the second biggest rugby union city in the country, will not host any games past the quarter-final stages. Instead, both semi-finals the final and the third-place play-off will be played in Sydney.
Despite that, Brisbane will host multiple games, including six pool matches, two round-of matches and two quarter-finals. The other quarter-finals will also be held in Sydney.
Melbourne is also set to host seven pool matches and two round-of matches, while five pool matches will be played in Adelaide and four pool games will take place in both Newcastle and Townsville. Perth is due to stage the opening match of the tournament and while stadiums for the event have not been announced, the Wallabies are likely to take centre stage at the Optus Stadium.
Host venues are set to be confirmed later in It will also mark the third time the tournament has been hosted in the southern-hemisphere nation, with Australia having co-hosted the event in and with New Zealand.
