Friday, October 6

Friday, October 6

New Zealand vs Uruguay (6am AEDT)
New Zealand (-66.5)

Since suffering defeat to France at their campaign opener, New Zealand have really clocked into gear at the Rugby World Cup, and they take on Pool A minnows Uruguay on Friday morning.

In my opinion, that first loss is probably exactly what the All Blacks needed to tune up, recalibrate, and potentially go the rest of the tournament undefeated. I thought that was more than underlined when they dealt Italy, another top-tier nation, a 96-17 defeat last Saturday.

Uruguay have actually been extremely tough at this Rugby World Cup, but this is easily their biggest task to date.