Judging by last weekends trouncing of AUS by NZ (7-38), then I think New Zealand. France have a good chance, home soil and all that, but depends if the players are having a strop or not.
Looking at the fixture list, then France and NZ should win pool A, SA and Ireland for pool B, Wales and AUS for pool C and I predict England and Japan in pool D. Should make for a good tournament.
With a 5 hour time difference, then the evening games are on at 02:00 in the morning.
Not sure if bars can get a special license to extend the current 2:00 AM closing time like they can in the UK.
As an aside, anyone know a good local seller in Pats or BKK for rugby tops, as left my 2003 winning O2 shirt in the UK?
RWC-2023_Match-Schedule_ENG.pdf