What are your predictions for the Rugby World Cup Quater-Finals?

The unfairness of the draw sucks but it does have one advantage. Normally a first-seed vs second-seed match is only semi-competitive but this time all the best four teams are playing each other, as are the second-best four teams. Each game is hard to predict and likely to be really close.

Personally, I think that the northern hemisphere team is a slight favourite in each game. The most likely thing would be two or three northern teams getting to the semis but literally anything can happen. It will be fascinating.

OldBrit · 61-69, M

So only one northern hemisphere side into the semi finals and that's England, who'd have thought no Ireland and no France.

Looking like a New Zealand South Africa final.

At least two of the quarter finals were worthy of the final with South Africa a a New Zealand showing why they are both so feared.

Uncfred · 61-69, M

@OldBrit You echo my thoughts exactly, though I would like to see it as England v New Zealand.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 Speaking of Rugby and Canada I always got the vibe that Rugby in other countries like the UK had more of a working class vibe.

Here in Canada it is very aristocratic. The public high schools (as in state run schools. I know it means something else in England) we have football.

Rugby teams tend to be the boarding schools equivalent to places like Eton in the UK.