The Dominion Post's Duncan Johnstone looks at a remarkable first couple of quarter-finals.
"Goodness, the world has been turned upside down! The rugby world that is - for 24 glorious hours.
The northern hemisphere quarterfinals played in Wellington and Auckland produced a brand of rugby rarely associated with anything north of the equator.
They have set up a France v Wales semifinal at Eden Park on Saturday night that should be a stunner if the two teams can hold their desire to play this scintillating brand of footy deeper into the tournament.
The biggest question mark will be over the French. After all their turmoil they turned up to play to night. And how!"