{"id":5864,"date":"2011-10-02T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T04:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2011-10-02T20:37:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T10:37:45","slug":"rugby-world-cup-2011-fourth-weekend-a-glimmer-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=5864","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup 2011 Fourth Weekend – A Glimmer Of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The RWC - Causing 4 million Kiwis to simultaneously cry every four years since 1987<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dan Carter - the world's second best fly-half and owner of a torn groin<\/p><\/div>\n

ALL BLACKS 79 CANADA 15<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ENGLAND 16 SCOTLAND 12<\/strong><\/h2>\n

AUSTRALIA 68 RUSSIA 22
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This completely rubbish World Cup continued in the same fashion as it did in the last few weeks.\u00a0 Scotland lost in the final minutes to England after leading the whole game, Australia beat Russia but conceded 22 points and lost Drew Mitchell for the rest of the tournament.\u00a0 Even the form teams that were expected to give the All Blacks a run for their money like South Africa were struggling to beat Samoa.\u00a0 It looks like it should be a comfortable stroll home for the All Blacks to pick up the William Web Ellis trophy.<\/p>\n

That is until this morning where the world woke up to the news that Dan Carter pulled his groin<\/a> during training for the game against Canada and has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament.\u00a0 This one set of torn gonads might well tip the balance of the World Cup in the Wallabies favour.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> The quarter finals are now locked in.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The way that things have worked out, there will be a North\/South divide for the knockout stage of the competition.<\/p>\n

ENGLAND vs FRANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

IRELAND vs WALES<\/strong><\/p>\n

AUSTRALIA vs SOUTH AFRICA<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW ZEALAND vs ARGENTINA
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