Rugby World Cup 2015: Pool A carries risks for England, Wales and Australia

Pool A is the most perilous of the World Cup groups and will be full-on from the opening Friday. A gruelling examination awaits its combatantsAaaagh! – the pool of Agonising Exit. The debriefing documents of the fallen – the teams who do not qualify for the last eight – will no doubt contain a searing indictment of the World Cup draw. Those who defend the current how-and-when say the old family should be exposed to as much peril as the emerging nations, but Fiji, the champions of the Pacific Nations Cup, may share the indignation of England, Australia and Wales at finding themselves in an unho…