Organisers plan Rugby World Cup isolation for teams in New Zealand

With one year to go, plans are already in place for teams to isolate ahead of the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Eleven sides plus the hosts will take part in the tournament, the first time the women's World Cup has left the northern hemisphere, beginning on 18 September.

Although exact details are yet to be finalised, organisers are expected to follow the template for teams isolating ahead of the America's Cup, which is being held in New Zealand in December.

Rugby World Cup 2021 tournament director Michelle Hooper told BBC Sport, planning the men's World Cup in typhoon season in Japan last year and in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake in 2011 has laid the groundwork 

"It's not something that is new, unknown or unusual," she said. "I really hope it's a lot different in 12 months' time, but you just need to work with all the parties and say, 'Okay, this is what the plan looks like today'.

"As long as the teams are well informed they can build that into the schedules for 2021 and will have the best window to prepare with all the information they need."