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bringbackrattles

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Anybody fancy England to lift the trophy ?
Got a great chance but for me it has to be the All Blacks. Dark horses ? Maybe host nation Japan, could cause the odd shock like they did in beating South Africa in 2015, but not strong enough to reach the final.
 

SBAndy

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Anybody fancy England to lift the trophy ?
Got a great chance but for me it has to be the All Blacks. Dark horses ? Maybe host nation Japan, could cause the odd shock like they did in beating South Africa in 2015, but not strong enough to reach the final.

This could come back to bite me on the arse, but NZ won’t make the final. Could see Wales win it.
 

scottccfc

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my dark horse for this one is argentina, capable of beating anyone on there day.
I also cant see the all blacks making the final.
but I can see the trophy coming back to England !
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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I'm prepared to be wrong, but England do not currently have the Big Game mental strength to win it. Wales being top of the rankings is a joke, but so is people reading so much about them losing three warm-up matches. They *could* provide a shock, but i think it's pretty open. Apparently you could get 8/1 on SA not long ago, which is where a lot of the sound money is going.
 

OffenhamSkyBlue

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Assuming there is no smoke without fire, WTF is Rob Howley thinking, putting a fookin bet on?! Mind you, he's not a decent coach - Wales only real dodgy period in the past 10 years was when Gatland took a sabbatical for family health reasons and Howley stepped in.

Mind you, bringing in Stephen Jones, the least attacking outside half in history, as ATTACK coach is a poor decision!
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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Scotland forwards are absolutely shattered against Ireland after 30nins . Not sure they'll have any fit for the next game!
 

SIR ERNIE

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Springboks looked very strong in defeat yesterday. There's better to come and I reckon they'll grow into the tournament.

Currently 11/2 to win it looks big, that'll do for me.
 

Houchens Head

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Ireland all the way! Piece-a-cake! The trophy's going back to Dublin!
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SBAndy

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Wales looked impressive in the first half this morning. Little more shaky second half but they’d made a lot of changes and had already secured the bonus point.
 

tommydazzle

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Wales looked impressive in the first half this morning. Little more shaky second half but they’d made a lot of changes and had already secured the bonus point.
Yes surprised at how poor Georgia were bearing in mind there's been calls to demote Italy from the 6 Nations and allow them in as a more competitive nation.
 

SBAndy

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Almost a shutout against USA, conceding a try with the last play of the game. Overall a pretty solid performance littered with handling errors. Could have quite easily added another 30-40 points to our total.
 

Houchens Head

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Surely Japan will be classed as a tier 1 team in the next year or so..... gotta be better than Italy already.
They totally surprised me. I watched their opening match against Russia. They trounced them. Ireland should have seen something in them, then.
 

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