Quarter finals

[Renniks]

So, there we have it

England (3) - Australia (6)
New Zealand (1) - Ireland (4)

Wales (2) - France (8)
Japan (7) - South Africa (5)

(World rankings in brackets)

[Galfon]

Top 4 from 6N, top 3 from RC plus hosts.
Pretty much to plan.
Will Eng/NewZ and Wal/SA semi's follow suit ?
A bit less predictable - at least 1 of these 4 could well fall.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Today was awesome and a thoroughly excellent and expected victory for Japan. It’s fabulous that they game got played and Japan ended the group in a deserved first place. The travesty would have been them coming second when they were by far and away the best team in the group.

And from an England perspective the perfect result in terms of opposing QF. NZ vs Ireland is ideal for us.