by Thomas Rooney | New Zealand have been given a timely boost with the return of captain Richie McCaw for their World Cup quarter-final with Argentina. (more…)
Category: Rugby World Cup
News and discussion about the Rugby World Cup
The guys over at www.ruckingoodstats.com have done a great job in compiling an extensive document comparing the statistics of the Boks and Wallabies so far during the World Cup.
Click to view it HERE
by Pete South | South Africa captain John Smit believes Australia will feel they have the advantage over his side going into their Quarter Final showdown at the Rugby World Cup, but insists the game is an opportunity to “wipe the slate clean†and notch a victory over their great rivals.
Based on Ou Grote’s predictions, those of international rugby experts, and Oddschecker which combines the odds of the world’s top 22 bookmakers to give the most likely result.
Predictions for all the quarterfinals
Hear the quarterfinal predictions of Will Carling, Zinzan Brooke, Scott Quinnell, Rob Henderson and Matt Burke:
RWC Quarterfinal 1
Saturday 8 October 07:00 SA – Ireland v Wales (Wellington)
OuGrote: Wales by 1
Joel Stransky: Ireland by 9
Heyneke Meyer: Ireland by 5
Allister Coetzee: Wales by 3
John Mitchell: Ireland by 3
Garth Wright: Wales by 5
TheBounce: Wales by 6
TheRoar: Ireland by 3
VFTB: Wales by 5
RWRant: Ireland
OddsChecker: Ireland by 1 to 5
Prediction: IRELAND
RWC Quarterfinal 2
Saturday 8 October 09:30 SA – England v France (Auckland)
QF 1 SAT 8 October 07:00 SA – Ireland v Wales (Wellington)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
QF 2 SAT 8 October 09:30 SA – England v France (Auckland)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
QF 3 SUN 9 October 07:00 SA – South Africa v Australia (Wellington)
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
QF 4 SUN 9 October 09:30 SA – New Zealand v Argentina (Auckland)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Zinzan tells some behind-the-scenes stories about the 1995 World Cup in South Africa. Matt Burke talks about the injury situation in the Wallabies team and whether Matt Giteau will step in to help out against their quarter-final opponents, the Springboks. You can still watch Zinzan talk about how the Springboks weren’t the best side when they won the 1995 and 2007 World Cups.
The Boks won a close physical contest 13 – 5 against the Samoans to advance to the quarter-finals and a probable match against Australia.
15 Patrick Lambie – 7
Fearless under the high ball, made a try saving one-on-one tackle and regularly joined the line at pace. Excellent game from the 20 year old.
by Thomas Rooney South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir has claimed that there is no chance that the World Champions will be taking Samoa lightly tomorrow when the two teams meet in their latest World Cup match.
Will Carling, Zinzan Brooke, Matt Burke and Scott Quinnell discuss the Ireland victory over Australia, drinking between games and Zinzan comes up with another pearler: “I want New Zealand to lose”. This after stating that South Africa were not the best team at the 1995 and 2007 World Cups in the previous episode (View that one HERE).