The Official 2015 Rugby World Cup Thread

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Pool A
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Australia
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England
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Wales
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Fiji
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Uruguay

Pool B
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South Africa
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Samoa
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Scotland
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Japan
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United States

Pool C
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New Zealand
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Argentina
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Tonga
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Georgia
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Namibia

Pool D
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France
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Ireland
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Italy
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Canada
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I'll be watching.

Don't think anyone can stop the All Blacks tho.

And I say Ireland makes their first semi final
 

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It seems the gap between the All Blacks, Springboks, England,France and Australia and the rest is still big. Maybe Argentina can shock some people. I am surprised Kenya didn't make it , they are one of the big rugby countries on the continent at least. Maybe Zim in a different time would have been a decent rugby nation, the players who can make it for other nations tend to leave.
 

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It seems the gap between the All Blacks, Springboks, England,France and Australia and the rest is still big. Maybe Argentina can shock some people. I am surprised Kenya didn't make it , they are one of the big rugby countries on the continent at least. Maybe Zim in a different time would have been a decent rugby nation, the players who can make it for other nations tend to leave.

We took The Beast from Zim
 

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We took The Beast from Zim
There's Beast, Mujati, Chavhanga(played a few games) and some Rhodies like Bob Skinstaad. David Pockock and Brenton play for Australia and there is one kid who plays for the US and that's just about it. The sport is however played mostly in private schools even though a few mission and Government schools are taking it up, it might end up like cricket which was successfully taken up in the locations.
 

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The All Blaks are renowned chokers

They also have far and away the best squad now and are recently removed from an undefeated year. McCaw, Retallick, Savea etc ... I see them winning back to back.

I was also surprised to see how many 7s players are on the US squad, but also glad to see guys like Manoa and Palamo.
 
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