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About a year to go, I bet it'll come faster than any of us predicted.
I was reading up on some comments on how NZ can't miss this one, and earlier saw an interview on tv with Dan Cahtah saying how RWC's just don't like him and he's had bad experiences each time for different reasons. He then said he thought this time was the perfect opportunity for him to finally shine and that NZ were on the verge of, he hoped, doing something unique so far, winning the RWC twice in a row.
Yes they're still undefeated and they've resisted all possible strategies and gameplans and game styles so far so they've got to be the favorites going into this one, even though they're always favorites anyways; but I can't help but feel instinctively, and this isn't based on anything founded, something isn't going to go their way again next year.
I know, it's early. We don't even know what form all teams are going into it. England could progress further and then it's a totally different game when calling the finalists.
I have a feeling the Springboks will make the final. They'll finish first in their pool hands down no debate, and then it's wide open and I like their chances against any side although there's a good chance they meet the AB in the 1/2F.
There's a good chance a NH team makes it to the final. If everything goes "normally" SA and NZ meet in that first 1/2F, and on the other side I don't see Australia making it all the way so England, France, Ireland ??...
Check out the pools and knock-out format again here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_RWC
I was reading up on some comments on how NZ can't miss this one, and earlier saw an interview on tv with Dan Cahtah saying how RWC's just don't like him and he's had bad experiences each time for different reasons. He then said he thought this time was the perfect opportunity for him to finally shine and that NZ were on the verge of, he hoped, doing something unique so far, winning the RWC twice in a row.
Yes they're still undefeated and they've resisted all possible strategies and gameplans and game styles so far so they've got to be the favorites going into this one, even though they're always favorites anyways; but I can't help but feel instinctively, and this isn't based on anything founded, something isn't going to go their way again next year.
I know, it's early. We don't even know what form all teams are going into it. England could progress further and then it's a totally different game when calling the finalists.
I have a feeling the Springboks will make the final. They'll finish first in their pool hands down no debate, and then it's wide open and I like their chances against any side although there's a good chance they meet the AB in the 1/2F.
There's a good chance a NH team makes it to the final. If everything goes "normally" SA and NZ meet in that first 1/2F, and on the other side I don't see Australia making it all the way so England, France, Ireland ??...
Check out the pools and knock-out format again here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_RWC
