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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1163789" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>It kind of killed my enthusiasm for international rugby, I won't lie. </p><p></p><p>The final was nervy and that's to be expected but there was only really 4 top quality games in the cup and two of them in the group stages. From an entertainment perspective having the 5th (I think it's fair to put England ahead of Scotland who really didn't show up) and 7th best teams at the tournament in the semi finals was a disaster. </p><p></p><p>A format change with an expedited group stage will be welcome. Hopefully Ireland crack that but because we never figured out the 20 team format. </p><p></p><p>SA deserved it, purely through knowing how to get over the line when it mattered, they were also involved in the two highest quality games of the comp and possibly ever at RWCs. So marginal though between the top 4. Different ref selection, bounces of the ball, injuries etc… and it could have gone one of four ways. Which is why it's quite underwhelming that the last two weeks haven't been the top 4 battling it out for the cup and third place, it really could have been one for the ages and it wasn't. </p><p></p><p>4 more years of shitty QF jokes and a likely trough in Ireland's performances but we'll endeavour. Irish rugby does a lot more right than wrong and with a bit of luck we don't even need to be as strong as we were this comp to win one. David Humphries has done great stuff with English cricket and was a shrewd signing for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1163789, member: 45598"] It kind of killed my enthusiasm for international rugby, I won’t lie. The final was nervy and that’s to be expected but there was only really 4 top quality games in the cup and two of them in the group stages. From an entertainment perspective having the 5th (I think it’s fair to put England ahead of Scotland who really didn’t show up) and 7th best teams at the tournament in the semi finals was a disaster. A format change with an expedited group stage will be welcome. Hopefully Ireland crack that but because we never figured out the 20 team format. SA deserved it, purely through knowing how to get over the line when it mattered, they were also involved in the two highest quality games of the comp and possibly ever at RWCs. So marginal though between the top 4. Different ref selection, bounces of the ball, injuries etc… and it could have gone one of four ways. Which is why it’s quite underwhelming that the last two weeks haven’t been the top 4 battling it out for the cup and third place, it really could have been one for the ages and it wasn’t. 4 more years of shitty QF jokes and a likely trough in Ireland’s performances but we’ll endeavour. Irish rugby does a lot more right than wrong and with a bit of luck we don’t even need to be as strong as we were this comp to win one. David Humphries has done great stuff with English cricket and was a shrewd signing for us. [/QUOTE]
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