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ForBarr forecasts the World Cup result

Fri, 11 Sep 2015

The individual who bet $130,000 on the All Blacks to lose the World Cup take note: Forsyth Barr has turned its analyst team to predicting the outcome of tournament, and it reckons New Zealand has the best odds.

Overall, the brokerage gives the All Blacks a 43% chance of winning, way ahead of England (16%), South Africa (13%), Australia (12%), Ireland (8%), France (5%), Wales (3%) and Everyone Else (1%). 

That combined percentage comes from an analysis of five areas:

In 2011, the ForBarr crew correctly picked the result, or at least gave NZ (41%) the highest chance of winning. But as the FMA would note, past performance is not a guarantee of future success.

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