McCabe's Artificially Intelligent Tipper

Rugby World Cup Tips, 2007


Overall Performance:
40/48 (83.3%)

(Plus one draw)

Another great World Cup has come to an end and congratulations to the South African side. On the balance of performances you'd have to say that they were the most deserving team. MAIT did reasonably well, especially considering the prevalence of upsets and unexpected performance in this World Cup (definitely a lot more than the last one!). Before the tournament I thought that if the system could break 40 that would be a good result, and it ended up reaching 40 in the final game.

Detailed results for all matches are shown below. The team in bold was the predicted winner.

Final
England England Correct South Africa South Africa

Third Place Playoff
France France Incorrect Argentina Argentina

Semi Finals
France France Incorrect England England
South Africa South Africa Correct Argentina Argentina

Quarter Finals
Australia Australia Incorrect England England
France France Incorrect New Zealand New Zealand
South Africa South Africa Correct Fiji Fiji
Argentina Argentina Correct Scotland Scotland

Pool A
England England Correct USA USA
South Africa South Africa Correct Samoa Samoa
USA USA Correct Tonga Tonga
England England Correct South Africa South Africa
Samoa Samoa Incorrect Tonga Tonga
South Africa South Africa Correct Tonga Tonga
England England Correct Samoa Samoa
Samoa Samoa Correct USA USA
England England Correct Tonga Tonga
South Africa South Africa Correct USA USA
Pool B
Australia Australia Correct Japan Japan
Wales Wales Correct Canada Canada
Japan Japan Correct Fiji Fiji
Wales Wales Correct Australia Australia
Fiji Fiji Correct Canada Canada
Wales Wales Correct Japan Japan
Australia Australia Correct Fiji Fiji
Canada Canada Draw Japan Japan
Australia Australia Correct Canada Canada
Wales Wales Incorrect Fiji Fiji
Pool C
New Zealand New Zealand Correct Italy Italy
Scotland Scotland Correct Portugal Portugal
Italy Italy Correct Romania Romania
New Zealand New Zealand Correct Portugal Portugal
Scotland Scotland Correct Romania Romania
Italy Italy Correct Portugal Portugal
Scotland Scotland Correct New Zealand New Zealand
Romania Romania Correct Portugal Portugal
New Zealand New Zealand Correct Romania Romania
Scotland Scotland Correct Italy Italy
Pool D
France France Incorrect Argentina Argentina
Ireland Ireland Correct Namibia Namibia
Argentina Argentina Correct Georgia Georgia
Ireland Ireland Correct Georgia Georgia
France France Correct Namibia Namibia
France France Correct Ireland Ireland
Argentina Argentina Correct Namibia Namibia
Georgia Georgia Correct Namibia Namibia
France France Correct Georgia Georgia
Ireland Ireland Correct Argentina Argentina