Rugby World Cup Predictions
The rest of the pool matches should be without upsets… except for:
- NZ will thrash France by 30 points [thrashed them by 20]
- Australia will have a low-scoring win over the USA [67-5]
- USA will defeat Italy by 5 points [lost 27-10]
- Samoa will beat Fiji, but only just [quite easily 27-7]
- Samoa will lose to South Africa by 15 points, but could, just maybe, beat South Africa [lost by 8, but nearly, nearly won]
If Samoa beats South Africa, then they should edge out Wales for runner-up in Pool D.
The Quarter-Finals should look like this, with my predicted scores:
- England 28 / France 13 [France = unpredictable]
- NZ 35 / Argentina 12 [33-10 :)]
- South Africa 18 / Australia 15 [9-11, close as predicted]
- Ireland 22 / Wales 15 [got this one well wrong]
I think the only certainties to make the semis are NZ and England. The other places will go to whoever places best on the day, and Samoa is a remote possibility…
My Semi-Final predictions are:
- England 24 / Ireland 14 Wales 24 / France 7
- NZ 25 / South Africa Australia 25 (with NZ winning in extra time)
And the final will be NZ defeating England in another very close match. Wales easily.