South Africa vs New Zealand - RWC 2015 Semi-Final Prediction

The first game of the all Southern-Hemisphere semi-finals is, given the nature of this World Cup so far, going to be a thrilling encounter. The best in the world come up against a side that lost their first game of the tournament to Japan, and yet we know it will be a hard-fought and close contest, as most South Africa vs New Zealand games are. The last three matches between the two sides have come within 10 poins, South Africa winning one of them, and on neutral ground in what is likely to be slightly favourable to the South Africans, you can be sure of a very close match. South Africa have had this match in their sights for 3 years, and both teams know almost everything about the other. It will be unforgettable.

Kenny Logan's Reaction To Australia vs Scotland

This was really poor from Logan to jump on Joubert's back immediately, he talks about reflecting on what had happened when hardly a minute had gone by and he had no time to gather the facts of to properly analyse what had just happened.

A Note On Australia vs Scotland Feat. Craig Joubert and THAT Incident

It's easy to say Australia should thank the ref for their place in the Semi-Finals of the Rugby World Cup, but Scotland should thank;

1) Foley for being terrible today, including his stupid kick that got charged down.

2) Slipper playing a moronic pass in the key pivot position which led to the intercept try. Why are Australian even putting a replacement prop in that position?

3) The non-existent defending at the ruck that led to the other Scottish try. Australia appeared to try their best to give Scotland some tries today.

RWC 2015 - Quarter-Final Previews and Predictions

Now, our prediction of England to win the World Cup may have gone slightly terribly wrong, but the rest of it looked OK in the grand scheme of things, including the Georgia victory over Tonga, although punting for France to top their group was another misjudgement. Still, onwards and upwards, let's have a look at what lies ahead in the Rugby World Cup.

 

Australia vs Scotland - RWC 2015 Quarter-Final Prediction

This one will be rather straightforward. The Australians showed how they can punish teams with good, quick ball against England, and then they went on to prove against Wales that even with 13 men they can prevent a team scoring. Scotland on the other hand are lucky to be here. They scraped past Samoa, and beat a fatigued Japan side that arguably deserved a spot in the quarter-finals more than the Scots. If Scotland's defence is as sloppy as it was against Samoa, this could be truly embarassing for Cotter and his men.

Ireland vs Argentina - RWC 2015 Quarter-Final Prediction

Argentina can win this. No Irish fan should think this is a straightforward match, not by any means. In Los Pumas, Ireland come up against the top point scorers of the pool stages, even though they were in the same group as New Zealand, a team they pushed very hard. Now, Ireland do have a few injury worries that we will go into later, but even a fully fit side would struggle against a side with the form of the Argentinians, who beat South Africa in the Rugby Championship leading into this World Cup.

New Zealand vs France - RWC Quarter-Final Prediction

Eight years on, same fixture, same location, surely it can't happen again, can it? Well, something needs to change from the the match against Ireland in order for Les Bleus to stand a chance. They were comprehensively beaten by a good Ireland side, and Saint-Andre has a lot on his plate if he is to turn this around.

South Africa vs Wales - RWC 2015 Quarter-Final Prediction

A vastly different side to that which opened up the tournament for the Bokke, this Springboks side look back to their old selves after what a pretty disastrous start to the World Cup. The iconic, record-breaking Bryan Habana helped South Africa on their way to being the second-highest scorers in the pool stages, just behind Argentina. They will however be missing their talisman Jean De Villiers, who sadly ended his international career through injury in the group stage.