New Zealand, RiC? I'm disappointed in you - that's the rugby equivalent of being a Cowboys or 49'ers fan
And you have a perfectly good team of your own to support in Canada.
I'm watching some of it, but the play of the England team over the last four years has dulled my interest in the game a little.
But hey, at the time of writing, we are still the World Champions.
I didn't see the South Africa v Tonga game, but I hear that the Tongans were unlucky, even having a perfectly legitimate try disallowed?
The England v Samoa game was also a super game, a little closer than I would have liked for a while, but England were definitely better than last week (well, it's difficult not to get better after that South Africa match). I won't even speculate about England's chances for the latter stages of the tournament - they will have their hands full trying to see off the Tongans next week, who are playing very well indeed.
As for the winners of the tournament, it's impossible to look beyond the Aussies, All Blacks and Springboks. New Zealand peaked 18 months ago, South Africa are beginning to play really well, and the Australians just can't be discounted when the tournaments come around.
Looks like France are just not good enough (good!), and the rest of the northern hemisphere teams are way off the pace. Too many second rate foreign players playing in our premiership (just like football) means that a lot of young talent just isn't getting the chance to develop over here.
