BBC Sport - Wales set to be in top seeding group for 2018 World Cup draw
Wales have 14 points from their six games in Group B, which gives them a three-point lead over Belgium and a five-point advantage over Israel and Cyprus. Being among the top seeds when the draw for Russia 2018 is made in St Petersburg on 25 July will see Wales avoid the likes of Germany, Spain, Netherlands, France and England in their pool
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So, the real issue is about against whom can the USA steal a game against: Pool B: SAM, SCO, Asia 1 (Japan?) Pool D: IRE, ITA, Europe 2 (Spain?) I tend to think that pipping the Scots will be easier than pipping Italy, and that as great as Samoa looks now, there is a greater chance of a fall from grace by them than a fall by Ireland. When Australia return to a full team with no injuries they will have so much experience and their whole team will be still in their prime e.g beales genia pocock
Former Springbok and Italy coach Nick Mallett, now a pundit with Superport in South Africa, warned of the dangers of running down the clock late in the game. So two minutes later when they got another penalty, a variation of The Wall came out, and it resulted in a fantastic try, thanks in part to a sensational offload from Richard Buckman
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By qualifying for the tournament they've maintained their impressive 100 per cent attendance record, but their traditional forward power is dwindling and they have been replaced as eastern Europe's dominant team by Georgia. They should advance from the group easily enough, but performances and results over the past 12 months have been bad enough that Ireland will fancy their chances of beating them comfortably to top spot
The ticket is for the South-East Terraces at Eden Park in Auckland to view the opening match of Rugby World Cup 1987 Italy v New Zealand, the host team. This programme was sold at all the pool matches and included an A4 printed or photocopied team sheet for the match being played, (the team sheet enclosed with programme is a modern photocopy of the New Zealand v Italy team sheet, not an original from the 1987 tournament)
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