# World Cup Kick-off **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-kick-off/418404 "2007-09-07T21:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-kick-off/418404/21 "2007-09-17T09:24:16Z")
The picture changes a bit after the weekend… Tonga rains on the Samoan parade - England will have a bit more confidence after a poor Samoan performance. Fiji beat Canada, can they take the Welsh? The Irish had a scrappy win over Georgia - they don’t look very threatening in Pool D. They maybe handing Argentina and France a pass. France thump Namibia, can they up their game after the loss to Agentina? Si ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-kick-off/418404/22 "2007-09-17T10:46:31Z")
My money’s still on Samoa to take England. What is up with the Northern Hemisphere teams this time around? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-kick-off/418404/23 "2007-09-17T10:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] My money’s still on Samoa to take England. What is up with the Northern Hemisphere teams this time around? [/QUOTE] No Super 14. No TriNations. No Pacific cup. Just 6 Nations. If Samoa take England, then Tonga will have a shot at them, too. That could be embarrassing. But Wilkinson should be cleared to play against Samoa, so expect an England scoreline in multiples of 3 :rolleyes: Si [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-kick-off/418404.md?page=1)