The Blind Side: The World Cup comes back to England and back to ITV

Both the hosts and the tournament broadcaster have a familiar feel, the teams are settling in and statistical evidence for the ‘pool of death’Pool A contains four of the world’s top 10, whereas Pool B has only one. Using the average world ranking of each team (where the lower the average, the better the quality of teams) we can see how deathly it is: Pool A: average 7.8 (Australia 2, England 4, Wales 5, Fiji 9, Uruguay 19). Pool B: 10.6 (S Africa 3, Scotland 10, Samoa 12, Japan 13, USA 15). Pool C: 11.1 (N Zealand 1, Argentina 8, Tonga 11, Georgia 16, Namibia 20). Pool D: 12.4 (Ireland 6, Fran…