Which of the top 5 IRB ranked teams do you think will be found wanting?

[dan the man]

hmmm... I think that Argentina could topple England (i'm sure someone's gonna use this statement to make me look foolish ) and if they do the England will likely come up against NZ... nuff said

 

[Larksea]

An England vs. NZ clash would really make this World Cup I think.

I obviously hope NZ make the final and it will be a boring world cup of they play SA in the semi and AUS in the final. SA, AUS & NZ play each other all the time.

One thing is for sure though. World cups never go to plan, you think you can predict who will come 1 & 2 in the pool and who will get to the semi's but it never happens that way.

I can see the potential for SA and AUS to trip up. Will have to wait and see. I dont know enough about the form of northern teams right now to comment. I know Ireland have had a poor run into the WC but that may just make them a dangerous team. Form matters not, in the WC all that matters is how a team plays on any given day - and as we know it also depends on how the Ref rules the game too and in close games the ref often has the final say.

 

[Tony C]

Well it won't be England, here's why - saw this on Youtube - FUNNY AS F**K - Bin Told PRINCE HARRY has made vid - seriously! Check it out even you Ozzies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ayt3dSsEI4<v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" oreferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600">
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[Sixesandsevens]

SA won't make it to the semis. Their game is less than average atm and Wales will show it no later than this weekend !
France will do their RWC business as usual and reach the semis. The good new for France is that they won't have to really fight the ABs before the final.

For the sake of rugby, France will meet England in the quarter and will mince them by playing their own rugby as opposed to play boring useless english rugby like they did in 2007.

Allez les bleus

Interesting you think that when you have only beaten us once since then......

 

[bushbuck]

France...

 

[bushbuck]

Cannot wait for the game against Wales! cannot wait!