This Pool D match between Georgia and Fiji looms as an interesting one.
Fiji have been less than convincing in their two matches at the Rugby World Cup so far; comfortably losing to the Wallabies first-up, before suffering one of the upset defeats of the tournament against Uruguay. There is no doubt that they’ll need to improve noticeably to record a win over Georgia and they are under the odds to do so at $1.36.
Georgia produced a spirited, though unsuccessful performance against Group heavyweights Wales, but got the campaign back on track with a comfortable win over Uruguay. All of the form suggests that Georgia should be winning, but surely the Fijians cannot be as bas as they were last week and surely, they have improved for the break.
Ireland are offered the perfect opportunity to atone for their shock loss to Japan when they face Russia at the Misaki Park Stadium.
It goes without saying that Ireland weren’t at anything close to their best on the weekend but regardless of that, there were several worrying signs. They simply do not look like a chance of winning the Rugby World Cup 2019.
Russia have two duck eggs from as many starts, but they’ve been typically tough, and I think that they’ll be a thorn in the side of Ireland for around 40 minutes of this contest.
I think that Ireland will respond with a comfortable win here, and I’ve elected to take the value on offer in the 10-point winning margin market.