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Monday, June 12, 2006

World Cup Draw

Just looking through the world cup draw and predict a French win.

The top three teams from the pools of five teams, current world ranking in brackets. Neither Italy or Argentina have qualified yet but I expect them to.
Pool A – SA(2), Eng(6), Samoa(10)
Pool B – Australia(4), Wales(7), Fiji(11)
Pool C – NZ(1), Scotland(8), Italy(12)
Pool D – France(3), Ireland(5), Argentina(9)

Quarters:
B1 v A2
C1 v D2

A1 v B2
D1 v C2

The top two quarters play each other in one semi, and the bottom two quarters play each other in the other semi.

I expect the pools will follow their world ranking; England to lose to SA in the Pool and Argentina to lose out in their pool.

Quarter Finals:
Australia to lose to England
New Zealand to beat Ireland
SA to beat Wales
France to beat Scotland

Semi Finals:
England to lose to New Zealand
SA to lose to France

France to beat New Zealand in front of their home crowd.

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