Rugby World Cup 2007

The Rugby World Cup 2007 will kick off on Friday September 7th 2007 in Paris. A total of twenty teams will compete for the World Cup. There will be four pools of five teams each. From each pool, the top two teams will go through to the knock out stages.

Pool A - England, South Africa, Samoa, USA, Tonga
Pool B - Wales, Fiji, Japan, Australia, Canada
Pool C - New Zealand, Scotland, Romania, Portugal, Italy
Pool D - France, Ireland, Argentina, Namibia, Georgia

Ireland is included in the pool of death as there are three of the eight top sides in the world. This means that one of them will not reach the quarter-finals.

Southern hemisphere countries (specially New Zealand) are favourites to win. However, France as a host nation as Ireland because of the good results at recent Six Nation tournaments will be tough opponents, so why not can Ireland win the World Cup?

Setanta Sports will show live all 48 games of the Rugby World Cup 2007, but for those of you that don't have Setanta at home, TV3 will provide live coverage of all Ireland matches plus the opening ceremony (France V Argentina), two quarter-finals, both semifinals and the final.

The question is, how will you enjoy the 2007 Rugby World Cup? The answer is easy, in front of the TV at your local pub enjoying a nice pint of Guinness.