The final of the rugby world cup is upon us, and everywhere you look there is analysis, there's commentary, a few tips, and predictions. You name it. Everyone's an expert.

In the Telegraph in the UK this morning, the UK's rugby paper, they've attempted to put to bed a series of myths about this rugby world cup. It was quite an interesting read, so let me take you through a few of them.

Myth number one debunked: the Australian scrummage is weak. They showed when they played England, and whipped England, how much their scrum has improved.

Myth number two: Twickenham will be a fortress. No. In the end, it wasn't. Need I remind you that England never made it out of pool play. And the Welsh beat them 28-25 at Twickers. Twickers was anything but an English fortress.

Myth number three: England's biggest strength is up front. Nope. In fact, did the england pack every show up? And the line out was wobbly too, so that's another myth debunked.

Myth number four: the Irish coach, Joe Schmidt is a coaching messiah. He did lead the Irish to consecutive six nations championships, but after a few injuries, the luck of the Irish ran out. And the dream run for Schmidt came to an end.

Myth number five: Scotland would be the home nations' whipping boys. Of all the European teams, in the end the Scots made the most progress -- and remember, they almost, almost beat Australia in the quarters.

Myth number six: the tournament would flop after England's early exit. On the contrary, the Telegraph says there's been a 'show must go on' attitude, and the fanzones are still packed out for every match.

Myth number seven: Argentina - the Pumas - they rely on brute strength alone. No, according to most commentators. They say the argies are now playing an ambitious wide game and the way they played against Ireland was one of the most impressive performances of the tournament. One of the benefits, perhaps, of being part of the rugby championship.

Myth number eight: playing rugby in football stadiums would be disastrous. It wasn't. The crowds came to Brighton, Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester and Milton Keynes, and the atmosphere in Brighton for Japan's win over South Africa was apparently one of the best at the tournament.

Myth number nine: the French can turn on the flair whenever they want. They can't it seems, or at least they couldn't when they needed it most in the quarter-finals.

And myth number ten: the All Blacks would be hampered by an easy group. I'll put my hand up and say I was worried about that. But no. I shouldn't have worried. The 62-13 thrashing of France put that myth to bed.