14 September 2007

RWC: Quarterfinal Predictions

This is how I see it play out though I think I will be off by one or two:

Quarterfinals
Date - Time

Result

Venue
06 Oct - 15:00
Australia
-England

Marseille
06 Oct - 21:00
New Zealand
-France

Cardiff
07 Oct - 15:00
South Africa
-Wales

Marseille
07 Oct - 21:00
Argentina
-Scotland

Saint-Denis

The sides on the left will be the winners of their respective pools while the sides on the right will be the runners Up in their respective pools.

Of the Pool Winners only Argentina worries me. This the D Pool and they could lose to Ireland and Ireland lose to France. Then it is all about points. This leads to the runner Up in that pool which I predict is Ireland. You figure it. France was the favorite but with Argentina winning that then it means France has to step up and win the rest of its Pool tests which they could easily do.
Updated prediction to put France in QF since Ireland barely gets past Georgia (14-10). Ireland looks weak.

I believe that England and Wales could either one mess up and not get there as runners up too. Especially England they are looking very weak. Tonga and/or a Samoa might take them.

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