RUGBY WORLD CUP: Pool Standings

Here are the pool standings prior to Saturday’s and Sunday’s final pool fixtures.

POOL A

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
AUSTRALIA	3	3	0	0	126	29	97	17	2	1	13
WALES	3	3	0	0	105	47	58	11	2	1	13
ENGLAND	3	1	0	2	73	72	1	6	5	2	6
FIJI	4	1	0	3	84	101	-17	10	11	1	5
URUGUAY	3	0	0	3	27	166	-139	2	26	0	0

Still to play

10.10.2015	AUSTRALIA		WALES		TWICKENHAM
10.10.2015	ENGLAND		URUGUAY		MANCHESTER

Tonight Australia and Wales fight it out to see who gains top position in this pool. Both are assured of a quarter final place.

POOL B

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
SOUTH AFRICA	4	3	0	1	176	56	120	23	4	4	16
SCOTLAND	3	2	0	1	100	60	40	11	5	2	10
JAPAN	3	2	0	1	70	82	-12	6	10	0	8
SAMOA	3	1	0	2	36	88	-52	3	10	0	4
UNITED STATES	3	0	0	3	32	128	-98	3	17	0	0

Still to Play

10.10.2015	SAMOA		SCOTLAND		NEWCASTLE
11.10.2015	UNITED STATES		JAPAN		GLOUCESTER

South Africa is assured top spot in this pool. Scotland and Japan will slug it out for second place. If Japan gets through it will be the first time in their Rugby World Cup history to do that.

‘Scotland will qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat Samoa on Saturday or if Japan fail to beat USA on Sunday (provided that it is not a bonus-point draw for Japan).

Samoa can finish in third place only with a bonus-point win against Scotland and if Japan gain no points against USA.’
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/107002

So at this stage South Africa will play either Australia or Wales in a quarter final, whilst England or Wales will play either Scotland or Japan in the other.

POOL C

 

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
NEW ZEALAND	4	4	0	0	174	49	125	25	3	3	19
ARGENTINA	3	2	0	1	115	51	64	13	4	2	10
GEORGIA	4	2	0	2	53	123	-70	5	16	0	8
TONGA	4	1	0	3	70	130	-60	8	17	2	6
NAMIBIA	3	0	0	3	51	110	-59	5	16	1	1

Still to Play

11.10.2015

ARGENTINA

NAMIBIA

LEICESTER

New Zealand has sewn up top place in this pool whilst Argentina has second place. Namibia will have to defeat Argentina on Sunday to have a chance at gaining automatic qualification for 2019 over Tonga.

POOL D

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
IRELAND	3	3	0	0	110	26	84	14	2	2	14
FRANCE	3	3	0	0	111	39	72	12	4	2	14
ITALY	3	1	0	2	42	66	-24	3	5	1	5
ROMANIA	3	1	0	2	38	97	-59	4	13	0	4
CANADA	4	0	0	4	58	131	-73	7	16	2	2

Still to Play

11.10.2015	ITALY		ROMANIA		EXETER
11.10.2015	FRANCE		IRELAND		CARDIFF

Ireland and France will battle it out for top spot in this pool. Both are assured of a place in the quarter finals. Italy faces Romania on Sunday to decide third place.

So for the other quarter final games, New Zealand will play either Ireland or France, whilst Argentina will play either Ireland or France.

This is a big weekend at the 2015 Rugby World Cup finals.