The main event of the big oval ball game starts this weekend in France.
Canada needs a result over Wales to have a chance at qualifying for the knockout stages and equalling there best ever performance. Won't be easy as the Welsh players are fully professional while only some of the Canadian contingent is.
Canada is expected to beat Fiji and Japan and to take and absolute mauling from the Wallabies.
The groups are as follows while the 8 expected quarter finalists are in bold letters.
Pool A
England
South Africa
Samoa
USA
Tonga
Pool B
Australia
Wales
Fiji
Canada
Japan
Pool C
New Zealand
Scotland
Italy
Romania
Portugal
Pool D
France
Ireland
Argentina
Georgia
Namibia
Scotland and Wales are the 2 teams who seemingly could be beaten out for a quarter final spot but that will require some great results for the other Group A and C teams.
New Zealand, France, Australia and South Africa are the favorites.
England and Ireland make up the second tier while everyone else is behind
Anyone else care about this?
If you are an English fan, Jonny Wilkinson stepped on a untrimmed blade of grass yesterday and hurt is ankle and is out for the opener vs the US with his status going forward to be deterimined next week.
Canada needs a result over Wales to have a chance at qualifying for the knockout stages and equalling there best ever performance. Won't be easy as the Welsh players are fully professional while only some of the Canadian contingent is.
Canada is expected to beat Fiji and Japan and to take and absolute mauling from the Wallabies.
The groups are as follows while the 8 expected quarter finalists are in bold letters.
Pool A
England
South Africa
Samoa
USA
Tonga
Pool B
Australia
Wales
Fiji
Canada
Japan
Pool C
New Zealand
Scotland
Italy
Romania
Portugal
Pool D
France
Ireland
Argentina
Georgia
Namibia
Scotland and Wales are the 2 teams who seemingly could be beaten out for a quarter final spot but that will require some great results for the other Group A and C teams.
New Zealand, France, Australia and South Africa are the favorites.
England and Ireland make up the second tier while everyone else is behind
Anyone else care about this?
If you are an English fan, Jonny Wilkinson stepped on a untrimmed blade of grass yesterday and hurt is ankle and is out for the opener vs the US with his status going forward to be deterimined next week.