England through, Ireland & Wales Out

Well England did what they were expected to I guess, decent enough game and progression through to the QFs which was a must. Although I have repeatedly heard that it would have been better had we lost to Tonga and thus allowed a chance to get rid of BA and sort out the debacle that is English rugby, no hope should be taken into the game against Australia, and then maybe, just maybe something special can happen.
Hopefully Robinson will be back to take the place of the bumbling Cueto who looks out of his depth at both 15 and on the wing. Lewsey although not such an attacking force at 15 should retain his spot, Sackey looks like he is enjoying himself, Tait, who i am fairly sure is a wing rather than a 13, was hindered by the incompetence of Barkley who should be sent home on the back of that performance, but you would assume after Farrell's decent 30 minutes he will start ahead of Barkley although the other suggestion is a straight 10/12 swop with Wilko.
Easter did the basics well and Moody looked more controlled than ever, I don't think Corry is good enough to play in the back row at the moment so would switch him into the second row for Borthwick who is a line-out specialist and nothing more. In comes Rees which is a must in my opinion if we are to stand any chance. Kay won his ball and caused Tonga trouble round the park. Stevens, Sheridan & Chuter deserve to retain their places.

And so to Ireland who seem to have lost the plot completely, yes they had difficult games against France and Argentina but even against the groups minnows they struggled. Stringer O'Gara - byebye your time is up. O'Connell once the world's best second row, no longer the best second row on the park. Hickie looked worth his recall and BOD showed his spirit was still there but its time for a new batch in Ireland and perhaps that should include the coach too?!

Which is what Wales have done, speculation still exists, apparently a lot of people have said they don't want it - can't blame them - even Nick Mallet has decided he would rather work with the Italians.