World Cup so far

All teams but the minnows have now played and it's quote hard to see a Northern hemisphere team making the semis. NZ and Australia efficiently disposed of weak opposition. South Africa beat the dangerous Samoans quite comfortably. As for the 6N countries, their performances ranged from unimpressive to woeful. France lost to Argentina, Scotland struggled against Portugal (a side Canada beat comfortably in a warm up game), Ireland got a scare against Namibia, Wales conceded three tries to Canada and England looked very pedestrian against the USA. Italy got stuffed by the All Blacks but at least they scored a couple of tries. I wouldn't put money on England to do that against New Zealand. I fancy SANZAR plus the Pumas for the semis. If that happens the case for letting Argentina into one of the top flight international tournaments will be overwhelming.

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