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Post by Panda on Sept 5, 2007 19:20:30 GMT 1
Starts on Friday with live coverage of the tournament on ITV1 and ITV4.
England are defending champions but are unlikely to repeat their success of 4 years ago. France are hosting and should do well but the All Blacks start as favourites once again. My prediction would be a New Zealand v France final.
Here are the groups and odds:
POOL A England (25/1) South Africa (9/2) Samoa (500/1) Tonga (2000/1) USA (5000/1)
POOL B Australia (9/1) Wales (40/1) Fiji (1000/1) Canada (2000/1) Japan (5000/1)
POOL C New Zealand (8/15) Scotland (150/1) Italy (300/1) Romania (5000/1) Portugal (5000/1)
POOL D France (6/1) Ireland (25/1) Argentina (40/1) Georgia (5000/1) Namibia (5000/1)
Schedule: Fri Sep 7 - France v Argentina, 20:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 8 - New Zealand v Italy, 12:45 (ITV1) Sat Sep 8 - Australia v Japan, 14:45 (ITV1) Sat Sep 8 - England v USA, 17:00 (ITV1) Sun Sep 9 - Wales v Canada, 13:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 9 - South Africa v Samoa, 15:00 (ITV1) Sun Sep 9 - Scotland v Portugal, 17:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 9 - Ireland v Namibia, 19:00 (ITV4) Tue Sep 11 - Argentina v Georgia, 19:00 (ITV4) Wed Sep 12 - USA v Tonga, 13:00 (ITV4) Wed Sep 12 - Japan v Fiji, 17:00 (ITV4) Wed Sep 12 - Italy v Romania, 19:00 (ITV4) Fri Sep 14 - England v South Africa, 20:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 15 - New Zealand v Portugal, 12:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 15 - Wales v Australia, 14:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 15 - Ireland v Georgia, 20:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 16 - Fiji v Canada, 13:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 16 - Samoa v Tonga, 15:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 16 - France v Namibia, 20:00 (ITV4) Tue Sep 18 - Scotland v Romania, 20:00 (ITV3) Wed Sep 19 - Italy v Portugal, 19:00 (ITV4) Thu Sep 20 - Wales v Japan, 20:00 (ITV4) Fri Sep 21 - France v Ireland, 20:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 22 - South Africa v Tonga, 13:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 22 - England v Samoa, 15:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 22 - Argentina v Namibia, 20:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 23 - Australia v Fiji, 13:30 (ITV1) Sun Sep 23 - Scotland v New Zealand, 16:00 (ITV1) Tue Sep 25 - Canada v Japan, 17:00 (ITV4) Tue Sep 25 - Romania v Portugal, 19:00 (ITV4) Wed Sep 26 - Georgia v Namibia, 17:00 (ITV4) Wed Sep 26 - Samoa v USA, 19:00 (ITV4) Fri Sep 28 - England v Tonga, 20:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 29 - New Zealand v Romania, 12:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 29 - Australia v Canada, 14:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 29 - Wales v Fiji, 16:00 (ITV1) Sat Sep 29 - Scotland v Italy, 20:00 (ITV4) Sun Sep 30 - France v Georgia, 14:00 (ITV1) Sun Sep 30 - Ireland v Argentina, 16:00 (ITV1) Sun Sep 30 - South Africa v USA, 19:00 (ITV4)
QUARTER-FINALS Sat Oct 6 - Winner B v Runner-up A, 14:00 (ITV1) Sat Oct 6 - Winner C v Runner-up D, 20:00 (ITV1) Sun Oct 7 - Winner A v Runner-up B, 14:00 (ITV1) Sun Oct 7 - Winner D v Runner-up C, 20:00 (ITV1)
SEMI-FINALS Sat Oct 13 - Winner QF1 v Winner QF2, 20:00 (ITV1) Sun Oct 14 - Winner QF3 v Winner QF4, 20:00 (ITV1)
3RD/4TH PLACE MATCH Fri Oct 19 - Loser SF1 v Loser SF2, 20:00 (ITV1)
FINAL Sat Oct 20 - Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, 20:00 (ITV1)
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Post by o on Sept 5, 2007 19:33:15 GMT 1
Are we having a sweepstake, 2 teams each, one top one, one outsider?
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Post by Panda on Sept 5, 2007 19:51:03 GMT 1
Are we having a sweepstake, 2 teams each, one top one, one outsider? Do we need 2 each? We should be able to get 20 people to play...
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Post by o on Sept 5, 2007 20:12:07 GMT 1
In 2 days?
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Post by Panda on Sept 5, 2007 20:14:42 GMT 1
Forgot about that. If we're looking at separating the top 10 then we're looking at the Six Nations teams plus Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
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Post by o on Sept 5, 2007 20:28:24 GMT 1
Sounds good to me.
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Post by Panda on Sept 5, 2007 20:35:04 GMT 1
Are you doing it or shall I?
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Post by Tom on Sept 6, 2007 12:03:39 GMT 1
Jonny Wilkinson being out of the first game is probably a blessing as the USA are apparently quite a physical side. But if he's ruled out of the whole tournament that will effectively end what slim chance England had of winning it. Like mrh I'm also going for a France-All Blacks final, with France winning because they're so strong at home.
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Post by Panda on Sept 6, 2007 12:29:56 GMT 1
I think this tournament is the All Blacks' to lose but they've choked plenty of times before...
England will probably go out to Australia in the quarter-finals unless we manage to beat South Africa and win the group. If that happens, we could possibly reach the final, with us facing Wales in the quarters, then France in the semis. If anyone knows what it takes to beat France on their own patch, it's England.
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Post by o on Sept 6, 2007 12:46:26 GMT 1
Are you doing it or shall I? You, if that is ok mate. ;D
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Post by Anne-Marie on Sept 6, 2007 14:17:42 GMT 1
Looking forward to this and hopefully Paul and I will watch the Ireland match in a wee Irish pub in our holidays!
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2007 16:35:48 GMT 1
Ireland's game against Argentina will be huge. Ireland should win it but Argentina are a tough side. They deserve to have stronger competition on a more regular basis, either with the Six Nations or the Tri-Nations.
Scotland's game with Italy is another biggie...
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2007 22:04:55 GMT 1
France 12-17 Argentina
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Post by Robin on Sept 7, 2007 22:11:41 GMT 1
This was a great game and Argentina really showed their power and strength, though France were sloppy at times. A big shock!
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 7, 2007 23:23:57 GMT 1
So France suffer a shock defeat in the first game of a World Cup. Where have I heard that one before, I wonder?
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2007 13:05:36 GMT 1
New Zealand 38-0 up against Italy after 20 minutes...
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2007 14:51:35 GMT 1
New Zealand 76-14 Italy
Comfortably as expected for the All-Blacks but Italy showed it's possible to score tries against them.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 8, 2007 22:41:52 GMT 1
Australia 91-3 Japan England 28-10 USA
are the other results from today.
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Post by Panda on Sept 9, 2007 13:10:55 GMT 1
Wow, England are rubbish. At this rate, we'll struggle against Samoa and could go out in the 1st round...
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 9, 2007 20:05:56 GMT 1
Results from today:
Wales 42-17 Canada (Canada were apparently leading with 25 minutes to go!) South Africa 59-7 Samoa Scotland 56-10 Portugal Ireland 32-17 Namibia
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