Could be Wales, could be Fiji, could be a smooth road to the Final

Looks like the English worked out a solid win over a fading Tongan side. Well done to them, I suppose, as they looked dead in the water two weeks ago. Will be interesting to see whether or not Australia decides to look past them in the quarters with New Zealand possibly on the horizon in the semis. But the Wallabies will have to be on guard, it seems, due to the injury to Stephen Larkham.

Wales v Fiji tomorrow in another winner-take-all contest with the victor getting the Bokke in the quarters. I'm obligated to knock on wood before even thinking this, but if things break right this weekend, South Africa may be able to avoid all of Australia, New Zealand, and France until the finals. That would be quite an advantage during the knockout rounds. And by "quite an advantage" I mean, "holy crap, we're penciled in for the finals!" All depends on whether Argentina can get a result against struggling Ireland. But even if such a situation arose, I wouldn't put it past the Boks to get overconfident and stumble against a game Argentina or even Wales. You never know.

I have to seek out a pub to watch SA's final group stage tune-up against USA before next week's quarterfinal.