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The next leg of the short format takes place in Wellington, New Zealand, running over the 4-5th Febuary
Fiji are the defending champions, whilst this time round log leaders England head into the tournament as top seeds, with NZ being the bookies favourite for the ***le
Here are the groups
POOL A: England, Wales, United States, Cook Islands
POOL B: New Zealand, Argentina, Scotland, Papua New Guinea
POOL C: Samoa, Australia, Kenya, Tonga
POOL D: Fiji, South Africa, France, Canada
Pool A and pool C (assuming Kenya get their act together) look to be the most competitive pools, whilst one would expect Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa to qualify comfortably.
Pool A
I see England progressing, but with the Las Vegas leg only next week, I expect the U.S. to put in a good shift, and when they do they can cause more than enough trouble for both England and Wales.
Pool B
NZ to advance, with the key match of the group to be between Argentina and Scotland
Pool C
Samoa have been good this season, so should progress, with the only team with a significant chance of beating them being the Aussies, whom have not been constant this season, I could suffer from a re-surgent Kenyan team, whom I think have Collins Injera back. Tonga hail from the Islands, nuff said
Pool D
Only debate about this pool is who will finish top. My bet would be Fiji with Afrika out for the Blitzbokke
Personally, Scotland improved immensely in the last tournament, and should be looking at pushing the Argies hard for a Cup quarterfinal berth
C'mon ya Scots!
Fiji are the defending champions, whilst this time round log leaders England head into the tournament as top seeds, with NZ being the bookies favourite for the ***le
Here are the groups
POOL A: England, Wales, United States, Cook Islands
POOL B: New Zealand, Argentina, Scotland, Papua New Guinea
POOL C: Samoa, Australia, Kenya, Tonga
POOL D: Fiji, South Africa, France, Canada
Pool A and pool C (assuming Kenya get their act together) look to be the most competitive pools, whilst one would expect Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa to qualify comfortably.
Pool A
I see England progressing, but with the Las Vegas leg only next week, I expect the U.S. to put in a good shift, and when they do they can cause more than enough trouble for both England and Wales.
Pool B
NZ to advance, with the key match of the group to be between Argentina and Scotland
Pool C
Samoa have been good this season, so should progress, with the only team with a significant chance of beating them being the Aussies, whom have not been constant this season, I could suffer from a re-surgent Kenyan team, whom I think have Collins Injera back. Tonga hail from the Islands, nuff said
Pool D
Only debate about this pool is who will finish top. My bet would be Fiji with Afrika out for the Blitzbokke
Personally, Scotland improved immensely in the last tournament, and should be looking at pushing the Argies hard for a Cup quarterfinal berth
C'mon ya Scots!