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And they're off! - all in it to win it, innit..
Jap., as hosts, get a pass to the table.

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
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Eng . . .  / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . /
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . ./
Ire  . . .  / . . . . . . . NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  / . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  /. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . . Jpn. . ./

key:
/ - still a chance
x - no chance
w - winner

RC...Japan? WTF you on about?

Lizard wrote:RC...Japan? WTF you on about?

As the intro. explains, Jap get a pass to this table as honourable hosts, as everyone knows they are not RC inclusives.
Although leading points scorers in the competition at the moment, securing the 'w' tag will be most unlikely.
Apologies for any offence caused placing them in the same column.

After R1 of Pool games:
Only Sco, Arg & SA fail to notch up win-points.
SA looked good and should easily qualify, Arg are in their customary dog-fight and may struggle now.
Sco are looking down the barrell.The 'Toonie flip' may have several meanings by now..

After R2, only 2 teams with max. points (Ita, Eng).1 of these will probably fall now, the other may still slip up.
Everyone in the table has at least 1 win under their belt, the hosts have proved worthy additions and could progress further.
Sco are going down fighting but their future probably out of their hands now.

Arg first to leave the race.
Sco need a BP win v. Russia on Wed to keep a realistic chance.
NewZ should finish Ita involvement on Sat.

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . .  / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . x
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . ./
Ire  . . .  / . . . . . . . NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  / . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  /. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . . Jpn. . ./

key:
/ - still a chance
x - no chance
w - winner

Italy blown home early by Typhoon Haggis..

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . .  / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . x
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . ./
Ire  . . .  / . . . . . . . NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  /. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . . Jpn. . ./

key:
/ - still a chance
x - no chance
w - winner

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . .  / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . x
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . ./
Ire  . . .  / . . . . . . . NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . . Jpn. . ./

The 3 departees gain automatic qualification for
RWC2023 with their 3rd place group finishes.

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . .  / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . x
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . .x
Ire  . . .  / . . . . . . . NZ . . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . /

SH take a hit.

Might as well save yourself another visit and edit Ireland out now :/

Danno wrote:Might as well save yourself another visit and edit Ireland out now :/

reasonable call..(Real-time+..)
6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . . / . . . . . . .Arg. . . . x
Fra  . . . /  . . . . . . .Aus. . . .x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . .NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . /

AB's even things up in some style.
It looks like the extra time off has done wonders for today's winners

So by the end of tomorrow it'll be 2-2, regardless of the exact results. The Force will be perfectly balanced following the dark side's resurgence from 2015...

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . / . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . .NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . /

Fra go home to reflect on what might have been..

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . / . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . .NZ. . . . /
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . .SA. . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . x

Jap go home after brave effort, but out-powered in the end.
SF's: NewZ - Eng, Wal - SA.
World ranked 1 - 4 respectively.

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng . . / . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . NZ . . . . x
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . SA . . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal . .  / . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . x

Eng reach final after rare win on merit v. AB's,
who have had a great run. (all come to an end sometime.)
If Wal beat SA it will be the first ever all-NH final.

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
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ENG . . / . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . NZ . . . . x
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . SA . . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal. . . x . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . x

Arwell, unlucky Wales but SA slightly stronger on the day.
Norf v Sarf it is then, a repeat of the 07 final.
Hopefully rugby will be the big winner on the day.

Galfon wrote:6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
ENG . . / . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . NZ . . . . x
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . . SA . . . . /
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal. . . x . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . x

Arwell, unlucky Wales but SA slightly stronger on the day.
Norf v Sarf it is then, a repeat of the 07 final.
Hopefully rugby will be the big winner on the day.

Unlike 2007...lol

Stom wrote: Unlike 2007...lol

There are plenty of possibilities for a re-run perhaps..
May's left toe, Spencer as make-shift flanker, Ref./TMO fest ?..

Galfon wrote:

Stom wrote: Unlike 2007...lol

There are plenty of possibilities for a re-run perhaps..
May's left toe, Spencer as make-shift flanker, Ref./TMO fest ?..

Why would you say these things?

Danno wrote: Why would you say these things?

Most unlikely, but it was back then too !..even though Eng sort of ended up there through the back door..
Never known such a smooth route like EJ has pulled off-
he could make the transition from 'fwkn genius' to 'absoloute fwkn genius' if he avoids such foibles of fate next week and bags Bill for Blighty.(sure he will )

6N. . . rwc . . . . . . RC. . . rwc
-------------------------------------------
Eng. . . x . . . . . . . .Arg . . . .x
Fra  . . .x  . . . . . . .Aus. . . . x
Ire  . . . x . . . . . . . NZ . . . . x
Ita . . .  x . . . . . . SA . . . . W
Sco . .  x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wal. . . x . . . . . . . .Jpn. . . x

We did get Itoje's elbow taking out the Sink..
SA dominate set-piece and break-down against a nervy Eng team.Another SH triumph, well deserved.