World Cup

Went out and bought fresh tea, reading the tea leaves, the finalists will be (drum-roll - crash cymbal) :

New Zealand vs South Africa

Match 1 - Half time - France 9 NZ 8...

Our area went into it's umpteenth outage at 10, anyway i have backup, feel sorry for those who don't.

Heat is starting to take it's toll, game should open up.

Match 1 - 2nd half - France 22 NZ 13...7 minutes remaining...

Italy to beat NZ in this group.

Get in France, pretty straight forward against an average AB side was

France controlled the game but there line was broken way too easily , this is going to be a very interesting world cup , with hopefully a few surprises along the way

The Argentina pack are going to steam role England orbits Leo Idi f their backs with plenty of try scoring opportunities Argentina to win by at least 12 points

Ireland should put at least 70 points on the board against Romania

Italy have improved heaps so should get their comp off to a comprehensive win although I have Namibia in a bet to shock them

Australia are on a downward spiral but should be able to get past Georgia without too much fuss

So much sport onto today that the remote will be on overtime

England a player sent off after 10 minutes and 24-3 up against Argentina with 13 minutes to go...

I took Italy -36, Ireland - 64, Australia - 21 and England outright...Aus won by 20 with Georgia scoring a try at the end to win on handicapping...we try again tomorrow...the favoured teams had much better second halves...took the first half to figure out their opposition and then fitness / skill proved too much...

Fiji +5 against Wales may be a good bet...

England completely outplayed Argentina and are a far better side without Farrell They really surprised me how well they coped with 14 men.

Looks like ABs will finish 2nd in their group thus they will take on the winners of SA group. Do you want to play ABs or France in the quarter final. Definitely ABs as France have the momentum now.

The Boks have to start well today otherwise Scotland could sneak in a try or two then hang on for the win. Going to be closer than everyone thinks