RWC Results/Fixtures 13-Oct

[Graham Cutting]

Here are the results/fixtures for the tournament as of 13-Oct. I haven't kept
a track of the table details and tries as this is being well catered for. I've
put in the correct pool standings though.

Graham Cutting
gra...@hpopd.pwd.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard Ltd, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, Berks RG11 3LL, UK

1991 Rugby World Cup Results/Fixtures

Pool 1) New Zealand 2) Scotland 3) Australia 4) France
England Ireland W.Samoa Canada
Italy Zimbabwe Wales Romania
USA Japan Argentina Fiji

Pool Matches

England NZ 12-18
Australia Argentina 32-19
France Romania 30-3
Italy USA 30-9
Scotland Japan 47-9
Fiji Canada 3-13
Wales W.Samoa 13-16
Ireland Zimbabwe 55-11
NZ USA 46-6
England Italy 36-6
France Fiji 33-9
Australia W.Samoa 9-3
Ireland Japan 31-16
Scotland Zimbabwe 51-12
Canada Romania 19-11
Wales Argentina 16-7
England USA 37-9
Scotland Ireland 24-15
Wales Australia 3-38
Fiji Romania 15-17
Argentina W.Samoa 12-35
NZ Italy 31-21
France Canada 19-13
Zimbabwe Japan Oct 14, Belfast, 3pm 2

Quarter-Finals

A. Scotland W.Samoa Oct 19, Murrayfield, Scotland, 1pm
B. France England Oct 19, Parc des Princes, France, 3pm
C. Australia Ireland Oct 20, Landsdowne Rd, Ireland, 1pm
D. New Zealand Canada Oct 20, Lille, France, 3pm

Semi-Finals

QFA 1st QFB 1st Oct 26, Murrayfield, Scotland, 2:30pm
QFC 1st QFD 1st Oct 27, Lansdowne Rd, Ireland, 2:20pm

3rd Place Play-Off

Losing SF Losing SF Oct 30, Cardiff Arms Park, Wales, 2:30pm

Final

Winner SF Winner SF Nov 2, Twickenham, Eng

[Greg Noone]

How can it be that Australia and New Zealand are due to meet in the semi final?
Admittably I only follow Union in a general sense, but shouldn't the above two
teams be due to meet in the finals, being clearly the two dominant teams over
the last 3-4 years? I can only conclude that the seedings were based on the last
world cup where Australia were knocked out in the semis. To base the seedings on
games played 4 years ago seems a bit much.....