Just read Simon's comments on his blog on the RWC quarter finals yesterday, and completely concur with everything he said. An amazing pair of results. Looking forward to the semis, though, it is hard to call. Both England and France played their hearts out to get this far - France will have home advantage again, being back in Paris next weekend, but they must have given so much to beat the Partly-Greys, and knowing their tempestuous nature, you have to wonder if they can pull off another significant victory. And as for England, no-one in their right mind ever thought they would get this far - so I guess it is easy to see either team losing, and neither team winning - but someone has to! As for England, a stupendous result to "go the distance" as even if they lose to France, they will play in the third place play-off. South Africa are through against Fiji, but the remaining northern team, Scotland, have still to play their match against Argentina. After thinking there would be no northern team in the semis, there could be three? That would make for a really gob-smackingly-strange weekend of rugby. I actually favour Argentina to go all the way - and good luck to them...
