NZ - Argentina - AB's to win
Wales - Ireland - too close to call. I think Ireland are passion - Wales skill - I hope Wales
France - England - you would think the Poms but France are France
Boks - Wallabies - I would think the Boks forwards would be too strong.
A comment in the New York Times said how long it took to reach the sharp end of the tournament compared to the Soccer World Cup. They didn't seem to understand that Rugby is a contact sport unlike Soccer. To quote Tana - its not tiddlywinks.
As the graphic above shows Gridiron and Rugby are quite different as the US needs size/strength while in Rugby more stanima is needed. Also generally Rugby is still to a degree a game for all sizes.
Naturally the Yanks are paid more.
