Next year now: Nine bold rugby predictions for 2018

With the new year approaching We've made nine rugby predictions for 2018 with some being believable while others are quite outlandish.

1. Scottish rugby to go from strength-to-strength. Scotland vs England at Murrayfield will be the match of the year.

2. France will finish bottom of the Six Nations. They're a mess.

3. Manu Tuilagi will AT LAST play for England again.

4. Leinster will win the Champions Cup. Although La Rochelle have impressed and Clermont Auvergne remain a threat, the Irish side appears to be a class above this campaign.

5. Dean Richard's Newcastle Falcons will win the Challenge Cup.

6. David Pocock will take no time to get back to his best following a year sabbatical.

7. England CAN be number one in the World and will beat the All Blacks at Twickenham

8. Bristol will get promoted and be a genuine threat in the Premiership.

9. Exeter Chiefs will reach a third consecutive Premiership final.