I expect Wales to beat France, and I would give them a real chance of beating any other team in the final including New zealand, they dont look the same team without Carter, the semi final is the first time New Zealand have played a real game, wouldn't be surprised if Australia turned them over, my tip before the World cup began, as I said in a earlier post regarding England, there's not much about that team if you were honest you would expect that team to be broken up and totally rebuilt, you need better halfbacks, inside centre is a big problem for England, your backrow is mediocre, if you are to make the most of Tualagi you need a better 12 to make him less predictable, or from now on he will be a big target by the oppistion, England also need a southern hemisphere coach, Martin Johnson was a great player but tactically England look clueless once a team match them up front as did France, that's where the Southern Hemisphere coach would put greater emphasis and detail into the England backline, even since England won the world cup the game as moved on faster with different laws ball in play for greater periods of time than ever before, the international backrow in the top internaional teams now are skillfull full of running and have the handling skills of halfbacks, England must be brave and go into the six nations with a different set of players and a different game plan.
Jamie.