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Most of the teams flew out yesterday to Japan so the World Cup is getting ever closer. The disappointments of not making the squad or the elations of making it are a reality now and it is time to get to the business end.
Most team have a few injury concerns, but in reality those players have a good 4-6 weeks before the crunch games start. The way this tournament is set up it is fairly straightforward for the major teams to qualify for the quarter finals. Only a major upset would see someone go home and even then maybe not.
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The only pools in question is pool A and C. Samoa could upset someone and Argentina is a tough one for France and England.I expect the favorites to come through though, but one is never 100 percent sure.
If we look at the tables or groups that the teams are in you can basically select the quarter final match ups except for one or two. I think the draw has actually favored a few tams and even though I don't support them South Africa has come out smelling like roses.
The benefit they have is that they have the All Blacks in their pool and play them first. This I don't think matters a huge amount whoever wins as they should be happy with whoever they play in the last 8. They shouldn't meet New Zealand again until the final if both teams make it that far. That is my pick for the final right now as I don't see much threat in the 6 Nations teams.
I will be running a competition of sorts so keep looking out for that announcement. I need to come up with something that isn't too obvious and maybe choose one game per day for someone to receive a full upvote and maybe a bonus prize for getting something spot on.
The all blacks are favorite to win the rugby world cup but as you know in sports surprises do occur always . And i also beleive England will perform well in the tournament . I am waiting anxiously for the world cup to commence
I feel like that is the same way mens basketball was in the olypics for a while there. Once all of the pro players started playing it was always the US that was winning. It wasn't until more of the foreign pro players started playing for their own teams that there was some actual competition. You pretty much knew who the top four were going to be before the teams even started playing though.
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You are welcome. Going to read it now as well. I am sure we can sell the rest out for you on here. Let us know how many are left in a few days or so and maybe we can do another post pushing it for you.
I'd really appreciate that thank you. I should have concentrated more on #sportstalk rather than steemit for promoting this sweepstake, but I'm still getting my head around all these tribes.
It may possibly be a good idea if I offer up some sports tokens as prizes as well as steem. Thanks for all the help, and I'll get back to you in a few days when I know what's left.
cool i'm in.
I can name the last 3 in a pool of 6 if this has any meaning to you :)
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