England's start against Fiji, the All Blacks against the Pumas and the Wallabies' work against Fiji were diary entries to watch live while Japan became a must watch replay after their upset victory against the Boks.
Work duties meant I tuned in live to see the All Blacks' average work against Namibia, while capacity crowds, to the delight of World Rugby, have flooded most of the other matches.
Two games tomorrow fall into the compulsory attention category.
The curtain-raiser is the Springboks match with Samoa in Birmingham. The Boks have not faced a greater challenge than this since Heyneke Meyer took over as national coach.
He took a gamble with a variety of selections for the start of their campaign against Japan and got no traction at all. Now he has recalled all his senior men, although a number are hobbling out of the medical room for the kickoff.
He has banked on Jean de Villiers as his captain and automatic selection, which is a nod to history and de Villiers' extraordinary career but not the work of this season's form centres Damian De Allende and Jesse Kriel.
They were sharp against the All Blacks in Johannesburg in July and are the future while JdV is returning from a wrecked knee and broken jaw.
Samoa bring bristle and style to their work, which began with an unconvincing win against USA, but they have history against the Boks and an ability to test them across the field.
Add referee Wayne Barnes to the mix and the tournament fascination with TMOs and there may be a significant time overrun in this contest.
England are back on Twickers about breakfast time here tomorrow, where they will host Wales with French whistler Jerome Garces in charge.
England had plenty of muscle but lacked much scope when they opened up against Fiji. Owen Farrell and Sam Burgess have been picked to run the inside channels for England in a massive about-face from coach Stuart Lancaster.
Concern about the defence, goalkicking and brute force - they have come into the mix for England, who have lost impressive power-running centre Jonathan Joseph to a chest injury.
Wales have been scuffling with World Rugby about replacements and trying to find enough fit men for this match, which will mean the most to them of any this year.
This time the stakes are even higher as they claw through plans to survive their pool.
Make the most of it because the next match with any real sting will be Wales once more when they play Fiji next Friday.
