RWC 2011: Quarter Final Contenders.

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The Rugby World Cup 2011 now enters the knock out stages and, despite the pre tournament favourites all making their way through, there have been one or two shock results along the way.

The biggest surprise, well to me anyway, and certainly the one with huge ramifications for the tournament has to be Ireland’s win against Australia. Not only did it practically guarantee Ireland’s participation past the pool stages but it bust the tournament wide open setting up a North v South Hemisphere final, with the Six Nations side now battling it our to take on the best that the Tri Nations and Argentina have to offer!

After this morning’s matches Ireland now take on Wales in what could be described as the match of the Quarter Finals with both teams hitting a bit of form at the right moment. The Welsh were desperately unlucky not to turn over South Africa in their opening fixture but they . . .

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