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[2017 RBS Six Nations] Round 4: Wales v Ireland (11/02/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 843361" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>2015 - two 3rd seeds escape their group, 1 2nd seed wins theirs, all 1st seeds go through.</p><p>2011 - No third seed side escape their pool, two 2nd seeds win theirs, all 1st seeds go through. (England were 2nd seeds here too!) </p><p>2007 - two 3rd seeds escape their pool with one winning theirs, all 1st seeds do, I can't find out whether England or SA were 1st seeds so a second seed may have won.</p><p>2003 - 1 second seed win their pool, not sure whether Ireland or Argentina were third seeds, all 1st seeds escape.</p><p></p><p>So under the current format there's approximately a 25% chance of escaping as a third seed and a 100% chance as a 1st seed with a 66%+ chance of winning it. There was nothing really new about the pool of death in the last RWC, its just that the two hosts and another big English speaking sider were involved that it got more attention.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>2015 - two 3rd seeds escape their group, 1 2nd seed wins theirs, all 1st seeds go through.</p><p>2011 - No third seed side escape their pool, two 2nd seeds win theirs, all 1st seeds go through. (England were 2nd seeds here too!) </p><p>2007 - two 3rd seeds escape their pool with one winning theirs, all 1st seeds do, I can't find out whether England or SA were 1st seeds so a second seed may have won.</p><p>2003 - 1 second seed win their pool, not sure whether Ireland or Argentina were third seeds, all 1st seeds escape.</p><p></p><p>So under the current format there's approximately a 25% chance of escaping as a third seed and a 100% chance as a 1st seed with a 66%+ chance of winning it. There was nothing really new about the pool of death in the last RWC, its just that the two hosts and another big English speaking sider were involved that it got more attention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 843361, member: 45598"] 2015 - two 3rd seeds escape their group, 1 2nd seed wins theirs, all 1st seeds go through. 2011 - No third seed side escape their pool, two 2nd seeds win theirs, all 1st seeds go through. (England were 2nd seeds here too!) 2007 - two 3rd seeds escape their pool with one winning theirs, all 1st seeds do, I can't find out whether England or SA were 1st seeds so a second seed may have won. 2003 - 1 second seed win their pool, not sure whether Ireland or Argentina were third seeds, all 1st seeds escape. So under the current format there's approximately a 25% chance of escaping as a third seed and a 100% chance as a 1st seed with a 66%+ chance of winning it. There was nothing really new about the pool of death in the last RWC, its just that the two hosts and another big English speaking sider were involved that it got more attention. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] 2015 - two 3rd seeds escape their group, 1 2nd seed wins theirs, all 1st seeds go through. 2011 - No third seed side escape their pool, two 2nd seeds win theirs, all 1st seeds go through. (England were 2nd seeds here too!) 2007 - two 3rd seeds escape their pool with one winning theirs, all 1st seeds do, I can't find out whether England or SA were 1st seeds so a second seed may have won. 2003 - 1 second seed win their pool, not sure whether Ireland or Argentina were third seeds, all 1st seeds escape. So under the current format there's approximately a 25% chance of escaping as a third seed and a 100% chance as a 1st seed with a 66%+ chance of winning it. There was nothing really new about the pool of death in the last RWC, its just that the two hosts and another big English speaking sider were involved that it got more attention. [/QUOTE]
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