I guess we went to well with our predictions on days one and two. Today our bubble burst and we only called 5 results correctly. of the lower tier Guyana did for China, Japan Hong Kong, though the red card early on made it a mountain to climb for the local team. The big upset was Spain doing Tonga and one we had debated long over Canada Russia. In the main competition we did not expect Samoa to go down to South Africa 14-27, though on their day the Boks can beat anyone. We have highlighted our errors in bold.
Semi-Finals up next and again we have some tough calls to come again now. Check out our predictions again in bold. The semi-final winners in the qualifiers will be in next years top tier, whilst the losers will play off for the last place.
Results Rankings and Quarter Finals
37 09:00 CHINA 5-7 GUYANA Ranking SF
38 09:22 URUGUAY 22-5 PHILIPPINES Ranking SF
39 09:44 HONG KONG 5-10 JAPAN Qualifier ¼ Final
40 10:06 SPAIN 19-7 TONGA Qualifier ¼ Final
41 10:28 CANADA 24-7 RUSSIA Qualifier ¼ Final
42 10:50 PORTUGAL 21-17 ZIMBABWE Qualifier ¼ Final
43 11:12 FIJI 26-7 ARGENTINA ¼ Final Cup
44 11:34 AUSTRALIA 14-19 ENGLAND ¼ Final Cup
45 11:56 SAMOA 14-27 SOUTH AFRICA ¼ Final Cup
46 12:18 NEW ZEALAND 31-7 WALES ¼ Final Cup
Semi-Finals
Local Time ( Live UK SkySports 2 06:30 to 13:00)
47 13:15 GUYANA V URUGUY Ranking Final
48 13:37 JAPAN V SPAIN Qualifier SF
49 13:59 CANADA V PORTUGAL Qualifier SF
50 14:21 SCOTLAND V UNITED STATES SF Bowl
51 14:43 KENYA V FRANCE SF Bowl
52 15:05 ARGENTINA V AUSTRALIA SF Plate
53 15:27 SAMOA V WALES SF Plate
54 15:49 FIJI V ENGLAND SF Cup
55 16:11 SOUTH AFRICA V NEW ZEALAND SF Cup