I do respect RM and DC, but I will say that they are both untested in the Test arena this year. Maybe all the calls about their abilities are a bit harsh in super rugby, but you cannot say that they will be dominant in the RWC. If either of them is our first choice 7 and 10 and are performing below par, the opposition has a sniffing chance of knocking us out at the knockouts. Remember in the last knockout, RM played with a broken foot and we were down to our 4th choice 10 and we won it by a whisker (their 10 missed a sitter of a penalty at 7-8). Luck usually don't come round twice.

But that's why we watch the matches, because you don't know what will happen until it's played.

There is one more thing, since 2012, the referees have been penalising RM much more in the 50-50 situations. If that happens in the knockouts the penalty counts will stack up. RWC KO is NOT Super 15. But let's see ...