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Posted: Thu 2:17, 22 Aug 2013 Post subject: Fresh hope for Wallabies' World Cup path-spun5 |
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Fresh hope for Wallabies' World Cup path,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Australia's Rugby world Cup path to next month's final might not be as nasty as first feared,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Italy's 53-17 trouncing of Russia in Nelson on Tuesday night gives the Wallabies fresh hope they can top Pool C and avoid back-to-back sudden-death showdowns with South Africa and New Zealand in the knockout stages,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Such a scenario would have thrust the Wallabies into a likely quarter-final against the defending champion Springboks in Wellington on October 9 and,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if they won,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a semi against favourites the All Blacks the following week at their Eden Park fortress.
Now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], though,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it appears Pool C honours will go down to the wire.
Taking anything for granted in this World Cup is fraught with danger but,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], assuming Australia notch bonus point victories over minnows the USA in Wellington on Friday and Russia in Nelson on Saturday week,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they can still top their group.
If Italy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as expected,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], also beat the USA in Nelson on Tuesday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Pool C's finishing order will come down to the very last match of the group between Ireland and Italy in Dunedin on October 2.
There are no two ways about it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Italy must beat Ireland at Otago Stadium for Australia to finish top and earn a probable quarter-final against seventh-ranked Wales instead of second-ranked South Africa,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The Wallabies' likely semi-final opponent if they ended in the other side of the draw to their Tri Nations rivals would be France or England - not the top-ranked New Zealanders,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
In the event of two or more teams finishing equal on points at the end of the group stages, pool honours are decided by countback - firstly by head-to-head results and then by points differential.
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