Stuff's sporting predictions for 2023

Stuff's sports reporters predict the sports for the new year of 2023. They will be reviewed in 12 months time.

The Football Ferns will beat the Philippines at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Wellington in July. Arsenal won't win the English Premier League despite being first at Christmas. Trent Boult will be included in the New Zealand Cricket World cup squad. Stuff's sporting predictions for 2023.

France will win the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Team NZ will reset their wind-assisted land speed record beyond 260kph. Sam Cane will be replaced as All Blacks captain. Dalton Papali’i will replace Kieran Read as captain of the All Black's. The World cup will take place in 2024. It will also be the 10th edition of this tournament.

Jamie Joseph will be the next All Blacks coach. Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and Australia will attract 20,000 Americans. Super Rugby Pacific will benefit from a standalone board structure. Referees' whistle will decide the Rugby Cup. The WXV competition will take place in October-November. The tournament will probably be better than the Premiership in England.

James McDonald has stunning 2023. The Six Nations rugby tournament is boring. Jordie Barrett will be the starting No 12 for the All Blacks for their World Cup opener against France in Paris.

Brendon McCullum's England cricket team will win back the Ashes. Oleksandr Usyk will dethrone Tyson Fury in a heavyweight unification showdown. England's women will add to the Euros title they won on home soil last year by winning the World Cup in July. Sam Wilson believes England will finally win a football World cup.

Zoe George predicts New Zealand Rugby will hit their 40% board diversity quota by the end of 2023. Football Ferns will switch white shorts for black. George believes white uniforms are the bane of girls and women's sporting existence.

NZ Rugby will close the gender pay gap. It will take a massive rejig of the collective agreements. The assembly fee gap - the fee players receive for gathering the week of a game - will be closed.

England to win the Fifa Women's World Cup. France to beat New Zealand in the Rugby World cup. Ben Stokes to return to the ODI team and win Cricket World Cups. England to retain the T20 World Championship in India. The All Blacks to lose in quarterfinals of the rugby World tournament.

Lisa Carrington retires less than a year before the 2024 Olympic Games. Lydia Ko enters the LPGA Hall of Fame. Daniel Vettori is named the new coach of the New Zealand Cricket team. Gary Stead steps down after a remarkable five-year reign.

Australia beat the Silver Ferns in the Netball World Cup final. Philadelphia Eagles triumph over Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl. Wellington Saints win the NBL title after a disappointing 2022 season. i.e. the Saints won just two games in their last 13 games.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous win Halberg Award. The Black Ferns’ world rugby title win was just a taster for the biggest women's sports event staged in Aotearoa. Scott Robertson departs for Toulon after turning down the Romania job.

Israel Adesanya will get a rematch with UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira and re-claim his belt. Christian Lio-Willie will earn a starting spot for Super Rugby Pacific and make the All Blacks World Cup squad. Warriors will miss out on the NRL finals in 2023.

Shaun Johnson will retire at the end of the season and move on to a career in the media. Iga Swiatek will dominate women's tennis again. Shane van Gisbergen will win the Supercars title for the third year in a row and fourth time overall.

Football Ferns will qualify for the knockout phase of the Fifa Women's World Cup. Lydia Ko will be inducted into golf's Hall of Fame at the age of 26. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott will win sportswoman of year and the Supreme Award at Halbergs. Stuff's sporting predictions for 2023.  Fred Woodcock is one of 27 members on the voting academy.

Nick Kyrgios wins a Grand Slam title. Sydney Roosters stop a Penrith Panthers hat-trick in NRL. Kane Williamson scores his highest test score. The Black Caps captain will retire. Stuff's sporting predictions for 2023.