Ideally New Zealand would want Wales to win. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Every one of today's final round of JWC pool games has something riding on it, but none more so, as far as the home side is concerned, than the Wales-France Pool B showdown in Albany.
France can win the pool with victory, and form would suggest that Ireland would take
the maximum five points against Fiji, which would see the fourth place-getters at the Six Nations reach the semifinals as the fourth qualifier. That would relegate New Zealand, on home soil, to the 5th-8th playoffs, a bitter pill to swallow.
Ideally New Zealand would want Wales to win - that may be a first - but without the bonus point. New Zealand's own lack of a bonus point against South Africa may haunt them, though they were not to know at the time that it might be crucial.
In Pool A, Australia could post a big score against Italy, who have already made their tournament by beating Argentina, and that would put more pressure on New Zealand to win by a large margin against Scotland, providing all the previous conditions have been met.
Up to four children under 14 can gain entry for free with a paying adult at both venues.
