RWC Pool Games - Winners and Losers

Winners

Wales (Seeded 3rd, finished 2nd)
Scotland (Seeded 3rd, finished 2nd)
Japan (Unseeded, finished 3rd)
Georgia (Unseeded, finished 3rd)
Ireland (Seeded 2nd, Finished 1st)


Losers

England (Seeded 2nd, finished 3rd)
Samoa (Seeded 2nd, finished 3rd)
Tonga (seeded 3rd, finished 4th)
France (seeded 1st, finished 2nd)



Best
Performance by a tier 1 country: Australia beating England
Performance by a Tier 2 country: Japan beating South Africa
Defensive show: Australia defending their line with 13 players
Attacking Show: DTH
Reaction to adversity: Wales against England
Cameo: SBW vs Argentina
Ref: Wayne Barnes
Beard: Canadian pack, bunch of lumberjacks



Worst
Display of leadership: Chris Robshaw
Performance by a team: Samoa against Japan
Win over a tier 2 country: Wales versus England
Beard: Andy Farrell
Ref: JP Doyle
Prediction: Eddie Jones "if we are in touch at HT we will beat Scotland"
Dive for the try line: Josh Furno

Losers : Furno landing on the try-zone on the wrong side of the body and keeping Ireland in the cup