RWC 2027 Australia

[liquor box]

I hate the best third place thing so much.......

Is the third best based on rankings or by win/loss then for/against?

The drawback with for/against is that you could be a great team who when you win it was by 1 point because you played in a monsoonal downpour and another team who may not really be as good won by 30 because they had a dry track.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Is the third best based on rankings or by win/loss then for/against?

The drawback with for/against is that you could be a great team who when you win it was by 1 point because you played in a monsoonal downpour and another team who may not really be as good won by 30 because they had a dry track.

Those four teams will be determined by competition points firstly, and if that doesn't separate the sides then points difference and try difference will be the next factors used respectively to determine which teams make it out of the pool stage.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

FQT Round 2

Samoa 26-8 Namibia

Belgium 30-27 Brazil

Samoa v Belgium on Tuesday for the last WC spot.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Draw is set down for December 3 & I think it's now impossible for seventh-ranked Australia to get into the 1-6 Band?

 

[KOB1987]

Draw is set down for December 3 & I think it's now impossible for seventh-ranked Australia to get into the 1-6 Band?

Not impossible but unlikely - we need to overtake Argentina but could do that by doing nothing if they suffer heavy losses to Scotland and England, and if we at least draw with France that would help too. Edit - sorry, Scotland would then overtake us so you could be right. Having had a better look, if Scotland beat Argentina by 1-15 then that would relegate us to 8th, but if we then beat France I think we would overtake both. We are pretty much fucked I'd say, but Argentina beating Scotland tomorrow morning would seal the deal. As posted elsewhere, with the round of 16 and us guaranteed in Pool A, it means as long as we come out of our pool 1st or 2nd we won't meet one of the other pool winners until the quarter finals at the earliest.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

I seem to have misplaced my rating points exchange calculator but I couldnt think of a combination of Aus v Fra & Arg v Sco results that would promote Aus without also promoting one of Arg or Sco.

 

[KOB1987]

I seem to have misplaced my rating points exchange calculator but I couldnt think of a combination of Aus v Fra & Arg v Sco results that would promote Aus without also promoting one of Arg or Sco.

I think our only chance of getting in the top 6 is if Scotland have a narrow win over Argentina, we beat France, and Argentina lose to England. The Scotland v Tonga game will largely be irrelevant, if we jump Argentina we will also jump Scotland.