15 October (Auckland) On the numbers, there’s little dispute over who’s favourite to win on social equality here. France’s number 6 place on our rankings (just below NZ) is earned through high places on gender equality and the happy planet index, and a good showing on income equality (its Gini measure of 32.7 places it 5th among the rugby nat ...

QF 3: Australia v South Africa (Wellington) On the rugby stats, South Africa could be expected to dominate on the field, but on our social equality rankings, it comes a lowly 18th and would be out of the competition at this phase. Australia ranks 8th, aided by a much better Gini coefficient of 35 on a 0-100 scale (where 0 represents total equality ...

18 September (Dunedin) One of the games Christchurch didn’t get because of the earthquake. There are plenty of jobs in the Christchurch rebuild and there will be plenty of English tries in this match, according to our rugby analyst. The English are possible semi-final contenders, while Georgia have won only one rugby world cup game in two previou ...