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Rugby World Cup Schedule Released

The official match schedule for the 2007 Rugby World Cup has been unveiled with games beginning in early September. While the pools for the tournament have been established, two of the spots are still waiting to be filled by qualifiers.

Pool A
England
South Africa
Samoa
USA
Repechage 2
Pool B
Australia
Wales
Fiji
Canada
Japan
Pool C
New Zealand
Scotland
Italy
Romania
Repechage 1
Pool D
France
Ireland
Argentina
Georgia
Namibia
Repechage 1: Winner of Uruguay v. Winner of Morocco v. Portugal
Repechage 2: Winner of Tonga v. Korea

An early look at the schedule the USA opens the tournament by getting spanked by England and then closes the tournament by getting spanked by South Africa. Now that’s going to be some fun. Expect the knockout stage qualifiers to be the teams in te top two spots listed above, but look out for Argentina and Fiji to pull an upset and sneak in.

 
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