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Post by paulgilb on Sept 17, 2011 12:12:11 GMT 1
Pool B: Argentina 43-8 Romania Pool C: Australia 6-15 Ireland Pool D: South Africa 49-3 Fiji
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Post by Paddy on Sept 17, 2011 14:00:46 GMT 1
Very happy about Ireland
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Post by Thor on Sept 17, 2011 14:57:05 GMT 1
Very pleased for Ireland. That should mean one of Wales and Ireland into the semis
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 18, 2011 11:59:43 GMT 1
Pool A:
France 46-19 Canada
Pool B:
England 41-10 Georgia
Pool D:
Wales 17-10 Samoa
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Post by Tom on Sept 18, 2011 12:59:39 GMT 1
Saw a bit of the Ireland game, great win and thoroughly deserved.
England - Saw a bit of the first half (of the tries only actually missed England's first though) and the 2nd half. It was an improvement on last week but thats not saying much, simply ok is how i'd describe it.
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2011 13:59:50 GMT 1
Yeah, an improvement from England but still a lot of work to do. Georgia are tricky opponents these days (are they really any worse than Italy?) and just seemed to run out of steam in the last 20 minutes.
However, as long as England win the group they're in the better half of the draw for the knockout stages and they won't have to improve a great deal to beat France (assuming the All Blacks don't choke against them again).
Interestingly, with a South Africa-Australia shaped wall blocking New Zealand's path to the final, you do wonder whether they might not be too bothered about beating France, and take what would most likely be an England-Ireland-Wales route instead.
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2011 14:03:40 GMT 1
Try counts:
Argentina 6-1 Romania Australia 0-0 Ireland South Africa 6-0 Fiji France 4-1 Canada England 6-1 Georgia Wales 1-1 Samoa
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2011 14:08:54 GMT 1
Standings:
POOL A 1. New Zealand 2-10 (+107) 2. France 2-10 (+53) -------------------------- 3. Canada 2-4 (-22) 4. Tonga 2-1 (-36) 5. Japan 2-0 (-102)
POOL B 1. England 2-9 (+35) 2. Scotland 2-9 (+19) --------------------------- 3. Argentina 2-6 (+31) 4. Georgia 2-0 (-40) 5. Romania 2-0 (-45)
POOL C 1. Ireland 2-8 (+21) 2. Australia 2-5 (+17) --------------------------- 3. USA 2-4 (-5) 4. Russia 1-1 (-7) 5. Italy 1-0 (-26)
POOL D 1. South Africa 2-9 (+47) 2. Samoa 2-6 (+30) --------------------------- 3. Wales 2-5 (+6) 4. Fiji 2-5 (-22) 5. Namibia 2-0 (-61)
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2011 14:32:54 GMT 1
Some changes in the betting after this weekend's games.
Australia's odds have lengthened after their loss to Ireland. Wales are much shorter now that Ireland are their likely quarter-final opponents. England are now joint 3rd-favourites having been 5th in the betting at the start of the tournament.
4/7 New Zealand 7/1 Australia 12/1 England 12/1 South Africa 14/1 France 22/1 Ireland 33/1 Wales 250/1 Argentina 325/1 Scotland 500/1 Samoa
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Post by Paddy on Sept 18, 2011 14:53:50 GMT 1
France being sweepstake team nice to see doing well. But as an England supporter, not so nice to see them doing well .
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 21, 2011 19:00:12 GMT 1
Pool C:
Italy 53-17 Russia
Pool A:
Tonga 31-18 Japan
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 22, 2011 17:55:30 GMT 1
Pool D:
South Africa 87-0 Namibia
South Africa are through, Namibia are out (as are Japan).
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2011 21:36:59 GMT 1
Try counts: Italy 9-3 Russia Tonga 3-3 Japan South Africa 12-0 Namibia
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 23, 2011 20:20:27 GMT 1
Pool C:
Australia 67-5 USA
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Post by Panda on Sept 24, 2011 18:07:40 GMT 1
Pool B: England 67-3 Romania
Pool A: New Zealand 37-17 France
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Post by Panda on Sept 24, 2011 18:09:22 GMT 1
Try counts: Australia 11-1 USA England 10-0 Romania New Zealand 5-2 France
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 24, 2011 18:16:23 GMT 1
Pool A:
New Zealand 37-17 France (NZ thus go through)
Pool B:
England 67-3 Romania (Romania are out)
Contrary to what I said earlier, South Africa can still mathematically be eliminated.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 25, 2011 12:10:47 GMT 1
Pool C: Argentina 13-12 Scotland Pool D: Ireland 62-12 Russia (confirms USA and Russia's elimination)
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Post by Panda on Sept 25, 2011 12:53:12 GMT 1
Pool D: Fiji 7-27 Samoa
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Post by Panda on Sept 25, 2011 13:02:10 GMT 1
Heartbreaking defeat for Scotland but they had their chances.
Realistically, they need to beat England comfortably to stand any chance of going through and Argentina will have the advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do to progress when they play Georgia.
England are through as group winners with a win or a draw. Even if they lose, they'll still be through if they're within 7 points of Scotland.
A 4-try win will almost certainly be enough for Argentina and with Georgia coming into the game with only 4 days' rest, they should manage that.
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