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LONDON. — Rugby’s leading nations will be hoping for a big slice of luck at today’s 2019 World Cup draw, where seedings stacked with dangerous teams could throw up more than one “Pool of Death”.

More than two years before the tournament in Japan, the draw ceremony in historic Kyoto could go a long way to deciding who will lift the trophy in Yokohama on November 2, 2019. England fell victim to a nightmare scenario at the last World Cup, where the hosts failed to reach the knock-out stages after being drawn against Wales, Australia, Fiji and Uruguay.

This time around, for the tournament’s first edition in Asia, New Zealand, England, Australia and Ireland make up the top seeds to be divided among the four pools of five. — AFP.