Pool B Review After 2 Rounds

Pool B Review After 2 Rounds

New Zealand and South Africa are on money to progress to the knockout stage of the competition and it is most likely they will end in the same order. Italy are the next best side in this pool and have looked excellent in their first two fixtures against Canada and Namibia. 

Although one cannot write anyone off, It is seems unlikely that the Italians will pose much of a challenge to either the All Blacks or the Springboks, but they may run one of them very close. Namibia against Canada could be a juicy encounter as the African’s are still trying to record their first win in World Cup competition. 

Remaining Fixtures: 

 

Wednesday, 2 October: New Zealand vs Canada — Oita Stadium


Friday, 4 October: South Africa vs Italy — Shizuoka Stadium 

Sunday, 6 October: New Zealand vs Namibia — Tokyo Stadium


Tuesday, 8 October: South Africa vs Canada — Kobe Misaki Stadium

Saturday, 12 October: New Zealand vs Italy — City of Toyota Stadium

Sunday, 13 October: Namibia vs Canada — Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium

 

Table: 

 

 

 

 

Top Points Scorers In The Pool:

 

Top Points Scorer: Tommaso Allan (Italy) — 20 points (averaging 10.0 per game) 

Top Try Scorer: Makazole Mapimpi (South Africa) — 2 tries (averaging 1 per game) and Matteo Minozzi (Italy) — 2 tries (averaging 1 per game)

 

 

Who progresses to the knockout stages?

 

New Zealand are odds on to beat Canada, Namibia and Italy with a bonus point and that means they will end top of the pool. South Africa have Canada and Italy left over and should also pick up wins with a bonus point. 

 

The winner of Pool B (New Zealand) faces the runner-up in Pool A in quarter-final 2.

The winner of Pool A faces the runner-up in Pool B (South Africa) in quarter-final 4.

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