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Final score 89-10 to Namibia. Repechage will be Russia vs Zimbabwe and Uruguay vs Hong Kong. Winners playoff for the final RWC place home and away.

27 minutes in and Namibia are up 35-0. Little doubt they're going to qualify again now. Nothing against Namibia, but it would have been nice to see a different African qualifier. Edit: 63-0 at half time. No doubt now.

Don't think it looked 30k+ but 24.5 does seem a bit low. If the Waratahs were any good at promoting themselves they'd have got 35k. Hopefully they can make the final and pack out Homebush. Would be a huge boost for rugby.

Zimbabwe, with 5 minutes to go and up by 14 had a penalty. They went for goal when a 4th try would have given them automatic qualification. They did it to ensure Kenya couldn't score and lose by 7 (which would have taken them through), but surely you have to back yourself more than that if...

If you lose with no bonus point you'd miss out if the Chiefs win and the Force and Brumbies draw...or the losing team gets 2 bonus points. If you lose with a bonus point then you could still miss out if the Chiefs win and the Force and Brumbies draw while both scoring 4 tries (good laugh that...

Agreed. The west of Sydney is too important not to have a team.

How much better do you think the A-League would be doing if it contained the best players in the world? If Messi played for Sydney FC, Ronaldo for Melbourne Victory and Neymar for Brisbane Roar? Looking at the crowds Liverpool and Manchester Utd have attracted in Australia I think you'll find...

It's sad that no Australian business is willing to fork out some big coin to sponsor Cummins and keep him in Australia. I would have thought his market value would be so much higher here that it would make up for the difference in rugby salary.

If the appetite was there to transform the Top League then it probably would have already happened. I suspect the companies involved in the Top League have no desire to change the name or focus of their teams. They're in it for company pride. It's like an HR strategy. Super Rugby and the Top...

If there is a consortium of 6 investors who are putting up the money as reported, then why are all these clubs pulling out? These are very disappointing developments and the true story needs to come out. Hopefully these investors are committed with or without the clubs officially involved. If...

I don't think they would be throwing it away. Japan's problem is that the Top League is a company league. Most of the players involved are amateur - full time employees of their company. And it doesn't get great support outside of employees of the company, who are basically forced to go and...

Yes Ewen McKenzie is one of the small number of born and raised Victorians that have represented the Wallabies. More relevant is that there are currently 0 Melbourne born and raised players playing for the Rebels. The Rebels certainly didn't come into the comp because Melbourne has produced a...

The 14 sides in the Japanese league wouldn't be close to the calibre of the 14 teams in the top division in France. None of Japan's Top League teams are fully professional. The bulk of each squad is made up of employees of the company who work full time jobs and are essentially amateur rugby...

We'll have to agree to disagree on what constitutes many. No locals currently play for the Rebels. It was the same for the Force until recently. Now they have a trickle of local talent making their mark. Who's to say the same can't happen in Singapore? By all reports their union is ambitious...

That's largely irrelevant. You could make a similar argument against including Melbourne. The more important question is does Singapore have 15-20,000 people that will watch a locally based super rugby team play 7 or 8 times a year? I suspect the answer is no, but I guess if people with...

At the same time, if you played in tiny parks you'd create the perception of it being a park competition. I think it'd be ideal to play in venues that can hold around 8-10k - so that 4 or 5k would still look okay. There just aren't many venues like that, so it's probably better to go a little...

The lack of public transport probably isn't too much of a problem. 95% of people that live on the North Shore have about 3 or 4 cars anyway, and Brookvale Oval is about 25 mins drive max from anywhere in the north shore (except on a Thursday night if people are trying to get there after work!).

Final score: Kenya 34 Madagascar 0 (Kenya were winning 27-0 at half time and just went right off the boil in the 2nd half. Could cost them if they all end up on 10 and it comes down to points difference.) Leaves the table at: Kenya 10 (+41) Zimbabwe 6 (+31) Namibia 5 (-3) Madagascar 0 (-69)...

Kenya are already 3 tries up and are pushing the Madagascan forwards back for fun. Hard to see anything but a bonus point win. Namibia could still go through if Kenya, Zimbabwe and themselves all end up on 10 points, which means it would come down to for and against (I believe if 2 teams are...

Namibia are on 5 points. They got a losing bonus point in the first match against Kenya but no others.