Wales are going to win it. I'm never going to give up on them. But my realistic predictions: (ranked first to last) Group A All Blacks France Tonga Japan Canada Group B England Argentina Scotland Georgia Romania Group C Australia Ireland Italy US Russia Group D South Africa Wales Samoa Fiji Namibia Knockout All Blacks vs. Argentina: All Blacks England vs. France: This will be close, France if they play consistently Australia vs. Wales: Australia South Africa vs. Ireland: Ireland are excellent at choking in the quarter finals but South Africa sucked in the Tri Nations, Ireland win Ireland vs. All Blacks: All Blacks Australia vs. France: Australia Australia vs. All Blacks: All Blacks Post your predictions, discuss how you think your team will do, make fun of the Irish for choking, etc.
I'm a New Zealander myself, so obviously I'm going for the All Blacks. Hoping the finals will be Samoa vs New Zealand. I can't believe no one else has posted.. We need more Americans to embrace the sport!
ehhhhhh we're more interested in football. I like it a lot more than Rugby. (american and non american football for me personally)
I have 5 friends from college going to NZ for 3 months to see the world cup and tour around. So jealous. Go New Zealand!
My Mum is a New Zealander and my dad is an Irishman, so my allegiances are rather split... But fuckit, Come on you All Blacks!! Hope England and Ireland both give a good account of themselves though. Can't wait for the first game. And fuck American football, those guys are pussies wearing pads.
USA!! I like the All Blacks though. One of my coaches for Rugby was an All Black player. Crazy fun guy to be around.
Knockout All Blacks vs. Argentina: All Blacks England vs. France: This will be close, France if they play consistently Australia vs. Samoa: Australia South Africa vs. Ireland: Ireland are are no match so South Africa, they didnt have the best guys playing for tri nations imo. Oh and wales just lost.
NBC and Universal Sports are broadcasting some of the matches, mostly US matches and the finals I believe, and I feel like I read somewhere that you could possibly get them PPV. And I also agree that rugby in the US is very underrated... it's hard to be able to watch anything but the NFL on television here.
Did any of you guys see the Canada-Tonga game? Was quite excellent, second best match of the tournament behind Wales-SA.
Pretty much, also cause we got the best song to go with.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZWO3OrGg0]Professor & Oskido ft Oubaas & K.Mbau - It's Our Game (SABC2 RWC 2011 OFFICAL MV) - YouTube[/ame] Maybe other countries can post their official songs if they made any?