A couple of cracking games of rugby this morning with England doing a good job, though still giving away too many penalties for my liking and the All Blacks totally outclassing France. At the moment it is looking highly likely that the draw will see the Northern Hemisphere sides in one half and the Southern Hemisphere sides occupying the other half once the tournament reaches the knockout stages in a fortnight.
As for my predictions, last week was distinctly average with only four correct resulting in a £4 loss and taking overall losses back up to £9.
This week my Rugby World Cup predictions focus on what should be tight competitive games. Firstly, I am predicting Samoa to triumph over their South Pacific counterparts Fiji and secondly for Scotland to upset the odds by defeating Argentina in England's group.
The Barclays Premier League has been exciting in it's first month of the season with lots of goals being scored, particularly from the Manchester based players and no reason why that should not continue this weekend. My predictions this week include both Red and Blue halves of Manchester as well as the the two North London teams. At the Etihad Manchester City should have little problem beating Everton, but at Stoke the red half of Manchester will find a sterner test but again I expect them to triumph and keep up their 100% record for the start to the season.
Tottenham travel to Wigan on the back of two wins including a demolition of Liverpool last weekend and I believe they'll continue this run, whilst at the Emirates with confidence low my prediction is for a draw between Arsenal and Bolton.
England's cricket team have been fairly unstoppable in all forms of the game this summer and I'm predicting they'll win again tomorrow against the West Indies in the T20 International.
Meanwhile, over in Singapore Sebastian Vettel can secure his second consecutive World Championship this weekend, and whilst I'm not sure he will, I do think it won't be through lack of effort and I'll think he'll win one, if not the most gruelling race of the season with the other in-form driver Jenson Button on the podium.
Finally, I was surprised by Wigan's Superleague play-off defeat at home to St. Helens last weekend but I think they'll put that right this weekend with a win over the Catalan Dragons.
In summary, the predictions are as follows:
Rugby World Cup
Samoa to beat Fiji at 4/11
Scotland to beat Argentina at 16/11
Barclays Premier League Football
Manchester City to beat Everton at 7/15
Mancheter United to win at Stoke at 11/17
Tottenham to triumph at Wigan at 11/13
Arsenal to draw with Bolton at 4/1
T20 International Cricket
England to beat West Indies at 1/4
Singapore Grand Prix
Vettel to win at 10/11
Button to podium at 6/5
Engage Superleague Play-Offs
Wigan to beat Catalans at 2/9
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