How many SH sides will compete in the RWC semi-finals?

A quick opinion poll

2 for me, im unsure which of the big 3 I see slipping up but I do imagine one of them will come unstuck.

I've gone for two: Australia and NZ will be there I'm sure.

My head tells me SA and France/England will make up the other two but I have to be blindly optimistic that Ireland will be able to make it at SA's expense

Who do Oz meet in the QFs? There is lot of hype about them. But they have frailties as well.

Once the knock-out stages begin it's different.

France, Ireland, Wales and England are not as bad as they appear.

I can't see all of the Top Three getting through to the semis.

I think Australia will play Wales assuming all goes to seeding.

I'm pretty sure there are 8 of them competing: South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Namibia, Argentina

red_stag wrote:I'm pretty sure there are 8 of them competing: South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Namibia, Argentina

? Stag,

All competing in the semis?

That's stretching the SH leniency rule a bit too far

I think all three tri-nations teams will get to the semi-finals. They probably won't meet each other in the quarters. Would I be right in saying that England and France are the only others to have ever knocked these teams out in previous World Cups? It'll probably be England vs. France in the quarters so the tri-nations sides will avoid them as well as each other in the quarters.

It would be up to Ireland or Wales to beat either Australia or South Africa. I can't see that happening. It's gonna be a southern hemisphere dominated tournament I fear.

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