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<blockquote data-quote="Nubiwan" data-source="post: 923181" data-attributes="member: 43441"><p>Excuse my ignorance, but is there a method of seeding the teams for the World Cup Pools?</p><p></p><p>It rather dawned on me it might have been appropriate to put a southern RC team in each of the 4 groups, rather than NZ and SA in the same group. Did they simply want to guarantee the two teams meet? Glad at least they meet in the group opener as opposed to the last match, were nothing is likely to be on the line. </p><p></p><p>Still, Would not have hurt to split up all the Southern Hem 4 and top 4 from the 6N teams. Maybe that is what they did, and had a draw.</p><p></p><p>Group C would have the most room for any upset to decide the top 2 teams to advance. Samoa might do some damage in Pool A, but hard to see them advance. Pools B & D are rather straight forward, you'd have to say.</p><p></p><p>Pool A</p><p>Ireland</p><p>Scotland</p><p>Japan</p><p>Russia</p><p>Samoa</p><p></p><p>Pool B</p><p>New Zealand</p><p>South Africa</p><p>Italy</p><p>Namibia</p><p>Repechage winner</p><p></p><p>Pool C</p><p>England</p><p>France</p><p>Argentina</p><p>USA</p><p>Tonga</p><p></p><p>Pool D</p><p>Australia</p><p>Wales</p><p>Georgia</p><p>Fiji</p><p>Uruguay</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nubiwan, post: 923181, member: 43441"] Excuse my ignorance, but is there a method of seeding the teams for the World Cup Pools? It rather dawned on me it might have been appropriate to put a southern RC team in each of the 4 groups, rather than NZ and SA in the same group. Did they simply want to guarantee the two teams meet? Glad at least they meet in the group opener as opposed to the last match, were nothing is likely to be on the line. Still, Would not have hurt to split up all the Southern Hem 4 and top 4 from the 6N teams. Maybe that is what they did, and had a draw. Group C would have the most room for any upset to decide the top 2 teams to advance. Samoa might do some damage in Pool A, but hard to see them advance. Pools B & D are rather straight forward, you'd have to say. Pool A Ireland Scotland Japan Russia Samoa Pool B New Zealand South Africa Italy Namibia Repechage winner Pool C England France Argentina USA Tonga Pool D Australia Wales Georgia Fiji Uruguay [/QUOTE]
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