Kicks of today. Happening in Belfast. Should be a good tournament. Australia are the defending champions. Ireland will win! Pool A: Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Wales. Pool B: Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, Georgia, Italy, Romania, Russia, Tonga, Uruguay, USA, Zimbabwe
Pool A South Africa 36 - 5 Fiji New Zealand 37 - 14 Wales Argentina 41 - 8 Japan Samoa 12 - 20 England Australia 15 - 10 Ireland Scotland 6 - 11 France South Africa 8 - 17 France New Zealand 107 - 6 Japan Samoa 20 - 33 Wales Argentina 15 - 17 England Scotland 12 - 13 Ireland Australia 23 - 12 Fiji Pool B Tonga 36 - 5 Uruguay Chile 29 - 14 Cook Islands Chinese Taipei 6 - 62 Italy Romania 0 - 28 Georgia Russia 0 - 6 USA Zimbabwe 0 - 8 Canada Romania 10 - 16 USA Russia 5 - 33 Canada Tonga 72 - 6 Cook Islands Chile 13 - 32 Italy Chinese Taipei 5 - 55 Uruguay Zimbabwe 33 - 26 Georgia
Pool B Zimbabwe 7 - 22 USA Chile 20 - 30 Uruguay Chinese Taipei 10 - 10 Cook Islands Romania 7 - 15 Canada Russia 6 - 24 Georgia Tonga 6 - 8 Italy Semifinals Italy - USA Canada - Georgia 5th-8th Tonga - Zimbabwe Uruguay - Chile 9th-12th Cook Islands - Russia Chines Taipei - Romania
Yeah 13, he's a tank (and a flying machine). How did Tonga not make the semis! If they had played anyone else but Italy... Georgia and Canada seem pretty good. That could be an interesting match. Italy will probally beat USA.
Pool A results: Fiji vs Scotland, 25-23 New Zealand vs England, 34-13 Samoa vs Japan, 28-12 Wales vs Argentina, 29-0 Australia vs France, 30-11 South Africa vs Ireland, 31-5 Semi's: New Zealand - Wales Australia - South Africa France didnt make it! Im sure France could beat Wales. South Africa New Zealand final im predicting.
Pool A Semifinals New Zealand 36-12 Wales Australia 18-32 South Africa 5th-8th France 25-13 Samoa England 31-13 Argentina 9th-12th Ireland 31-10 Japan Fiji 7-11 Scotland Pool B Semifinals Italy 31-6 USA Canada 19-3 Georgia 5th-8th Tonga 26-11 Zimbabwe Uruguay 21-3 Chile 9th-12th Cook Islands 14-22 Russia Chines Taipei 10-35 Romania
New Zealand win pretty easily in the end. No one ever troubled them, very good team. Italy get promoted. Japan get relegated. Final standing: Divsion A: 1 New Zealand 2 South Africa 3 Australia 4 Wales 5 France 6 England 7 Samoa 8 Argentina 9 Ireland 10 Scotland 11 Fiji 12 Japan Division B: 1 Italy 2 Canada 3 USA 4 Georgia 5 Tonga 6 Uruguay 7 Zimbabwe 8 Chile 9 Romania 10 Russia 11 Chinese Taipei 12 Cook Islands Division A results: 1st/2nd: New Zealand vs South Africa, 31-7 3rd/4th: Australia vs Wales, 25-21 5/6th: France vs England, 43-17 7/8th: Samoa vs Argentina, 13-12 9/10th: Ireland vs Scotland, 34-0 11/12th: Fiji 60 - 12 Japan, 60-12 B Division Results: 1st/2nd: Italy vs Canada, 22-3 3rd/4th: USA vs Georgia, 24-5 5/6th: Tonga vs Uruguay, 24-15 7/8th: Zimbabwe vs Chile, 12-10 9/10th: Romania vs Russia, 20-10 11/12th: Chinese Taipei vs Cook Islands, 29-10