Well said Chiro. I'm seeing that as well. It's really disappointing, but still provding for some good rugby matches - eg. Namibia-Ireland, Georgia-Ireland. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if none of the home nations made the finals... wouldn't that be a turn up!!!

Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Samoa/Tonga, France, Argentina...

That would be an incredibly interesting finals series, wouldn't it?