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So according to your viewpoint, England have choked twice in the finals and once in the quarter-finals of the World Cup....:D

My tip? My heart is with England, but my brain is with SA or NZ.

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Ah but we were discussing the All Blacks and their record in the world cup but England generally apart from the Woodward era have never been good enough.;)

My tip? Well my heart will be with England but my brain says that the Springboks will win the tournament.

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The point about NZ is that IMHO they've been the outstanding team in the world for years but have failed to translate all that domination into proportionate World Cup success. I haven't got all the stats but, with the exception of 2003, I don't think England have been all that high in the world rankings over the years yet their World Cup results have been better than they'd suggest.

I have a feeling the Aussies are going to cap a rotten 6 months for NZ.

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New Zealand's rugby union side are pretty much the text-book definition of chokers in sport. Always the favourite by some distance for the last few world cups but when it comes to the crunch they fail to deliver time after time.

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New Zealand 41 Tonga 10

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...ch-report.html

Scotland 34 - 24 Romania

http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Rugb...-34.6833870.jp

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Fiji 49 Namibia 25

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/ma...sounding+style

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France 47 Japan 21

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/ma...+gallant+japan

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England looking very ponderous and shaky against Argentina. Reminds me of the last world cup. We got to the final then but never really played fluently and I don't see the tournament treating us quite so kindly this time around if there isn't a rapid improvement. Too many penalties could already have cost us dear. Whilst on balance I feel a really tough test is the best way to start a tournament like this, England could easily lose this if they don't get focused and cut out the sloppy mistakes. Johnson will be incandescent I reckon.

Oh and I must say, I just hate the choice of kit. Whose bright idea was that?

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Well l have to say England have been utterly shocking in the first half and we were supposed to be well prepared and yes which stupid idiot designed this kit for us as our kit should be all white.

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I agree with kit...idiots to choose black.

England are poor, but no doubt they will improve when they play Scotland

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Maybe it's all a plan - the runner up in Pool B will play the winner of Pool A which will probably be NZ. Maybe Johnson feels the only way to be credible RWC winners this time out will be to knock NZ out..... :erm: :rolleyes:

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Or, Scotland beat Argentina, then beat England, and England plays with themselves :D

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Well the way this is going l can see the headlines coming now "The bleakest day in English rugby"

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Too soon for that headline, wait until they are officially knocked out :D

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Nooooooooo, they scored :(

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You missed out on the "I dont care about rugby to get excited about it" option :)

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That option is always available, you just don't vote :D