World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset has claimed England are on of the favourites to win the 2015 tournament and the final will feature a team from both the northern and southern hemispheres.

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"England will be probably one of the favourites because they play (at) home, and to be home, they will receive the well support for the fan(s) around, and that's very important for the climate of the game itself. The pool between England, Welsh and Australia will be very, very decisive, very competitive on the challenge they have for the three unions. But well, at the final.... could be one on the north (one team from the northern hemisphere) and one on the south (one team from the southern hemisphere). I don't know which."