Rugby World Cup Tips, 2011

Final Performance: 41/48 (85.4%) (plus one draw) The curtain came down on another great Rugby World Cup, with some brilliant games and exciting contests, especially as things got deeper into the finals. The original target for MAIT at the outset of the tournament was to try to get 40 or more predictions right, and I'm happy to say the final result was a very strong 41 correct tips (plus one draw) out of the 48 matches played (over 85%)! In my own tipping competition that was enough to beat out all of the other "human" contestants (including myself, damn it!), and win the competition by one tip in front of a group in second place. The full tipping archive appears below, with the team in bold as the predicted winner.

Final New Zealand France

Third Place Playoff Wales Australia

Semi Finals Wales France New Zealand Australia

Quarter Finals Ireland Wales England France South Africa Australia New Zealand Argentina

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