South Africa are building up momentum in this World Cup after a less than convincing start and it’s Namibia’s turn to go up against the defending champions at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland (South Africa (-60.0) 10/11 v Namibia (+60.0) 10/11).

It has been another lively and entertaining weekend of sport and now that the dust has settled we will take a look at some of the things we learnt from the last 48 hours of action.

After another weekend of thrilling rugby, with England, New Zealand (4/7 World Cup Outright) and South Africa all winning, we are now exactly halfway through the group stages of the Rugby World Cup and true to form; the big teams have by no means had it all their own way, in what is possibly the most unpredictable tournament to date.

After battling past Argentina with a less than convincing performance, Martin Johnson and his England side will be fully focused on avoiding a banana skin when they take on Georgia on Sunday (England 1/750, draw 50/1, Georgia 33/1).

After a shaky start to their World Cup campaign, the All Blacks (8/13 World Cup Outright) laid down a marker on Friday with a truly sublime 83-17 win over Japan. Graham Henry’s side looked ruthlessly efficient in their defeat of the Cherry Blossoms and the likes of South Africa and Australia will be looking to emulate their performance on Saturday.

After the first weekend of games at the Rugby World Cup, the major forces in the competition have not found things as easy as many people expected.

England team manager Martin Johnson has shown his hand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and we can already draw some conclusions from the 30-man squad which will make the long trip to New Zealand this autumn (England 7/4 – Best Six Nations Team – World Cup Specials).

Always beware of the injured Springbok is something New Zealand head-coach Graham Henry is fully aware of as the two sides meet in the Tri-Nations on Saturday (All Blacks 1/33, draw 25/1, South Africa 10/1 80 Minute Betting).

Only two weeks after the end of a particularly-gruelling Super Rugby campaign, the premier southern hemisphere nations are at it again with the annual Tri-Nations series getting underway in Sydney on Saturday with home side Australia looking to get off to a flyer against South Africa (11/4 Tri-Nations outright).

The third World Cup quarter-final takes place in Mirpur on Friday, when South Africa and New Zealand go head-to-head (SA 2/5, NZ 7/4 – Match Betting). Graeme Smith’s men will start as favourites and their strong batting line-up looks set to give them the edge.