Buckle up people, the rugby world cup has just woken from a month long stupor! Lets face it there has been a certain predictability in the round robin but now............ throw in a bouyant Fiji team(pronounced FeeJee, Ryan) and those Argentinians and we have ourselves any possibilities. The world cup is alive and kicking now.
First I will start with the Pumas, seeing as my fellow scribe didnt have that much faith in the teams ability , I took it upon myself to get up at 4am this morning to analyse this team and see what potential if any they had. What I found was astounding because I learnt a few things about this team which if not for lack of technical nouse would make them Championship contenders. I learnt two very impressive characteristics which are not always shown even by the mighty ABs. The Pumas are very astute footballers, they know how to protect a lead(i.e they had great commitment in defence) but more importantly when it mattered they knew how to shut those gates on their opposition(see how they made sure the only place Ireland could attack from was within their own half!). Thats clever finals football and I am now positive they will be in the semi final against the Boks so Scotland will be beaten.
Fijians are only to be written off at the Boks peril, for if they sniff any opportunity it will be taken.Pity bout their playmaker Nicky Little being injured though. Aussies should ease into the semis although there is a bit of doubt regarding Stephen Larkham and Stirling Mortlock.
Which brings me to the match up of the 1/4s in Cardiff. Suffice to say the French have robbed us of a dream final whichever way the result ends up tilting. This is it for one of these teams and it will be a sad day in world rugby when either of them bow out. Now this match could and will go either way! Although they are playing at a neutral ground, I wouldnt be surprised at all if there is more support for the ABs. Tension is mounting .........
Lastly , there was a guy out here who put $2000 on Fiji to beat Wales and so walked away with $nz16000 as they were 1:8 favourites to win. Not such a bad return on investment.
However this weekend when the ABs play France if you think the average Kiwi supporter will be tense think about the bloke who has invested $6 000 000 Nz on the ABs to win the world cup! Put yourself in his shoes.................
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I get it I get it I got it wrogn can we get over it!! So that guy is living large now 16000 that's alright. 6mil on the all blacks winning you know there has to be one every four years but the one that gets it will hit it big and I must say this guys chances are good.
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