Seeding for the World Cup draw

POT 1: Australia, New Zealand USA, England, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain

POT 2: Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, Norway, Italy, China, South Korea

POT 3: Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Jamaica POT 4: Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Zambia, Morocco, 3 Inter-confederation play-off qualifiers

DRAWING A LINE: Irish players make their position clear in 2017