Rugby world cup form
October 18th, 2007 by HenThis weekend we’ve got the final of the Rugby world cup going on, South Africa vs England. The obvious favourites are South Africa given that they trounced England 36-0 in the early stages, but that trouncing may work to their disadvantage.
It’s the only time in the tournament that South Africa have played one of the established top-eight teams. Their knockout progression saw them get by Fiji and then Argentina. On paper, that would suggest they are hitting the final a fair bit short of full speed. England on the other hand have fought past Australia, and then a French team who had beaten the Kiwis.
I’m not enough of a Rugby fan to know if it’ll make a difference (or just how well the Fijian and Argentinian teams did in their big games against South Africa as no Rugby on TV for me), but here’s hoping that South Africa aren’t quite ready for a gritty, boring defensive game 
October 18th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Henri, Sorry to burst your bubble, Argentina have been ranked in the top ten since records began in 2003, mostly at seven or higher, they overtook England in the rankings a year ago, and only fell below them as a result of the semi’s. Don’t underestimate them.
South Africa have also already beaten another “top eight team” England, 36-0. And they are likely to give them another fright, just how big a fright it is, and whether or not it is enough to win, we can only wait and see….
October 18th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Win or lose the best thing was knocking out Australia - the amount of anti-English bile that comes our way from them always makes it a great pleasure.