International Rugby

[cdbearsfan]

World Cup draw looks fairly dull, tbh. I like expanding tournaments but it does perhaps make the group stage more boring.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c898pvndy7go

[UK Redsox]

England avoid France, NZ & SA until the final....if it all goes as seeded.

A bloke from my town, Jack Bartlett, will probably be in the Hong Kong squad.

He made his international debut in HK's recent defeat to Portugal

https://www.hkrugby.com/news/details/portugal-men-58-12-hong-kong-china-xvs-match-report

[Brazilian Villain]

Ireland to play Scotland for a change. Good draw for Ireland and England, and a decent chance for one of them to make the final.

[PaulWinch again]

Those groups are duds - which isn’t a surprise, but still when you see them.

[paul_e]

Pool E looks decent but the rest should go to form you'd expect. Always the same if you expand the number of teams but that doesn't stop it being the right thing to do.