[TABLE="width: 1273"] <tbody>[TR] [TD="align: right"]19 September 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Ireland [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Canada[/TD] [TD]Millennium Stadium, Cardiff[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]19 September 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]France [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Italy[/TD] [TD]Twickenham Stadium, London[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]23 September 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]France [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Romania[/TD] [TD]Olympic Stadium, London[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]26 September 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Italy [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Canada[/TD] [TD]Elland Road, Leeds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]27 September 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Ireland [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Romania[/TD] [TD]Wembley Stadium, London[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]1 October 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]France [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Canada[/TD] [TD]Stadium mk, Milton Keynes[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]4 October 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Ireland [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Italy[/TD] [TD]Olympic Stadium, London[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]6 October 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Canada [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Romania[/TD] [TD]Leicester City Stadium, Leicester[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]11 October 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]Italy [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Romania[/TD] [TD]Sandy Park, Exeter[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]11 October 2015[/TD] [TD="align: right"]France [/TD] [TD="align: center"]v[/TD] [TD] Ireland[/TD] [TD]Millennium Stadium, Cardiff[/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE]
Predicting a pool winner is very hard for me, even harder than Pool A. France and Ireland so close to each other.
Lost to England and Wales in warm up games. I don't know what you can read into those results. I think people just over estimate France's ability to peak for world cups. Just because it has happened before, doesn't mean it will happen again.
Every New Zealander I know is terrified of facing France in any knock out game, but completely comfortable in pool play. They play with their hearts and not their minds.
Adv France here They play Canada few days before Ireland plays Italy so they have a softer match (on paper) and more time to heal Also as Italy is without Sergio in the opener France should be able to avoid a surprise here I also think Italy could upset Ireland if they play with France in mind and maybe rest some players it could get ugly for them
Ireland was very impressive although be it against a minnow. Very thorough performance. France looking dangerous early on vs Italy. Excellent refereeing by Joubert to review the early "try" a second time after seeing the knock on the big screen.
I don't know if Ireland played that well. They turned it on a bit in the second half, but they didn't look like world beaters in the first half.