Sħãlïq™ Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) http://www.sportsillustrated.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Rugby-WCED2.jpg September 9th - October 23rdhttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/poolstage.html http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/sha44/2011_irb_teams.jpg http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/ Edited September 6, 2011 by Shãłïq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Only 2 days to go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted September 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Pool A: 09/09 - 20:30 New Zealand 41 - 10 Tonga 10/09 - 18:00 France 47 - 21 Japan Pool B:10/09 - 13:00 Scotland 34 - 24 Romania 10/09 - 20:30 Argentina 9 - 13 England Pool C 11/09 - 15:30 Australia 32 - 6 Italy 11/09 - 18:00 Ireland 22 - 10 USA Pool D: 10/09 - 15:30 Fiji 49 - 25 Namibia 11/09 - 20:30 South Africa 17 - 16 Wales http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/poolstage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Canada beat Tonga last night, I was very excite. Finally we don't disappoint in something, against a good team as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 The English will dominate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 The English will dominate. England and Scotland on October 1st is going to be the game that decides Pool B. England's beaten Argentina and I think Scotland will as well, and I don't see England losing to the pair of Romania and Georgia, as well as those two countries have developed their rugby programs over the last few years. The RWC this year is going to be fantastic when it gets to the knockout stages. The overall quality is absolutely tremendous, all of the top twenty teams in the world are in this tournament and countries like Russia, Georgia, Canada and Japan have pushed their programs into where they need to be in order to be competitive. Of course, they're likely never going to be too competitive with the All Blacks, SA, the Wallabies, etc. But it's that middle of the order, between spots 9 and 15 where rugby is going to get extremely competitive between now and 2015 when it's back again. That brings to me to this point - I definitely believe the RWC should have included that three teams from each pool go through and give it a 12-team wildcard knockout stage. The top four teams in each pool get a bye into the quarterfinals, but with that level and talent increasing by the year, doesn't it make sense to see if Canada (likely to be the third place team in Pool A) can challenge a team like England? What about Samoa, ranked 10th in the world, in this years group of death with South Africa and Wales, two top-six teams in the world, playing a notably weaker USA team? It just makes too much sense not to implement it, and both 2011 and 2015 would've been great opportunities to try. Giving the best teams in the world the benefit of the doubt is understandable because of the beatings they can put on these teams, but if I was Australia, I wouldn't want battle tested Samoa or Wales anyways. If they went to this three-team advancement idea, it would probably be Pool A v. Pool D, Pool B v. Pool C in order to get away from any potential rematches. Any world cup should be all about flavour and you shouldn't have to play a team twice until you're into the finals anyways. If they were to go to this idea, the match-ups would probably look something like: Byes: New Zealand, England, Australia, South Africa. 2nd place: France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales. Qualifiers: Canada, Argentina, Italy, Samoa. France v. Samoa - Awesome game.Canada v. Wales Scotland v. Italy Argentina v. Ireland If you look at those match-ups, the real upset potential is Samoa against France who I think wouldn't match up tremendously with the Samoans. The rest are likely to stay the same anyways, but it's just the competitive factor. Here are my rest of the tournament predictions. Australia v. Wales - AustraliaEngland v. France - FranceSouth Africa v. Ireland - SANew Zealand v. Scotland - NZ Those would be absolutely tremendous games. Australia v. FranceSouth Africa v. New Zealand I think we're looking at an All-Oceanic final, All Blacks taking it all. They need to, it's home soil. I am high as hell right now and it took a long ass time to write all of this out. I was so paranoid of losing this all and all of my thoughts. And no one will likely read this. I love rugby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Canada beat Tonga last night, I was very excite. Finally we don't disappoint in something, against a good team as well.Yeah, great win! 'Grats bro! NZL raped Japan last night. My man Maa Nonu was beastin' as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Ireland beat Australia last night. Wow, I was so impressed by the Irish, what a huge win for them. Probably play Wales instead of South Africa in the Quarterfinals too. South Africa and Australia would be awesomeeeee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Also, Canada plays France tonight. I'm not expecting much, but I think we can keep the score respectable. If we somehow beat the French I wouldn't even care about the rest of the RWC. A high profile win like this would really give a shot to the popularity of the game here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted September 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Ireland beat Australia last night. Wow, I was so impressed by the Irish, what a huge win for them. Probably play Wales instead of South Africa in the Quarterfinals too. South Africa and Australia would be awesomeeeee.HUGE WIN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted September 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 GO SAMOAAAAAAAAAARRRRGHHHH!!!!! http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/mm/photo/tournament/home/02/05/44/59/2054459_lrg-169.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) Quarter Finals: 08/10 - 18:00,Ireland 10 - 22 Wales 08/10 - 20:30England 12 - 19 France 09/10 - 18:00South Africa 9 - 11 Australia 09/10 - 20:30New Zealand 33 - 10 Argentina Edited October 14, 2011 by Shãłïq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Semi Finals: 15/10 - 21:00 Wales - France(Auckland) 16/10 - 21:00 Australia - New Zealand(Auckland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Your 2011 IRB World Cup Champions: http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/mm//Photo/Tournament/Home/02/06/02/07/2060207_NRHP.jpg ALL-BLACKS > France23/10 - 21:00 France 7 - 8 New Zealand (Auckland) Bronze Final:21/10 - 20:30 Wales 18 - 21 Australia (Auckland) See also: By the numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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