The official match schedule for the 2007 Rugby World Cup has been unveiled with games beginning in early September. While the pools for the tournament have been established, two of the spots are still waiting to be filled by qualifiers.
Pool A England South Africa Samoa USA Repechage 2 |
Pool B Australia Wales Fiji Canada Japan |
Pool C New Zealand Scotland Italy Romania Repechage 1 |
Pool D France Ireland Argentina Georgia Namibia |
Repechage 1: Winner of Uruguay v. Winner of Morocco v. Portugal Repechage 2: Winner of Tonga v. Korea |
An early look at the schedule the USA opens the tournament by getting spanked by England and then closes the tournament by getting spanked by South Africa. Now that’s going to be some fun. Expect the knockout stage qualifiers to be the teams in te top two spots listed above, but look out for Argentina and Fiji to pull an upset and sneak in.