RWC 23
Top 6 teams vs top 6 teams results.
England played 1 / won 0
Scotland played 2 / Won 0
France played 2 / won 1
Ireland played 3 / won 2
NZ played 3 / won 2
SA played 5 / won 4
Deserved world champions?
Probably makes up for all the years when certain referees were notoriously anti South Africa and officiated accordingly.
@Steve Walsh
@Romain Poite
To name just 2. There were others.
Swings and roundabouts me thinks.
I’m not a SA supporter. I’m an England supporter. Not sure who the “your” is that you are referring too.
I put rugby first. I’m a purist at heart.
I acknowledge and respect the achievement. That’s all.
I watched about 80% of games.
As a rugby enthusiast and being passionate about a game I played for 40 years I would suggest this.
A person can choose to embrace (positive frame of mind) it or reject ( negative frame of mind) it. I know which one I’m choosing.
For those detractors that bemoan everything about the modern game…
Here’s a great stat.
RWC 23 delivered 320 tries.
6.7 tries per game average.
Where else will you get that level of scoring and entertainment. Certainly not football!