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[RWC2023 SF2] England vs South Africa (21/10/2023)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs. Peter Quinn" data-source="post: 1159980" data-attributes="member: 12190"><p>I don't know much about Rassie but listening to the Rugby Pod today they were talking about Rassie apparently picking teams based on "battle stats"? Something about the time taken to make a tangible impact on the game, whether that's slowing down ball, turnover, etc. And apparently Kwagga Smith has the best battle stats. I don't know if this is fully accurate but makes sense to me from what I do know of him. I really like the idea.</p><p>And that draws an inevitable comparison to Borthwick - does he have an innovative system for selection akin to that!? I would be shocked.</p><p>Saying that, everything is much more data led now so maybe I'd be surprised.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's ridiculous when you think of how few different teams have actually been in finals. England and France may have poor records in finals respectively but the fact that we've had some at all is a measure of success - England in the last 5 cups have been in 3 finals. So it's basically been 5 teams in all the finals. I can definitely understand that fatigue. </p><p></p><p>Well we'll be reunited in the 3rd place decider. How romantic...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs. Peter Quinn, post: 1159980, member: 12190"] I don't know much about Rassie but listening to the Rugby Pod today they were talking about Rassie apparently picking teams based on "battle stats"? Something about the time taken to make a tangible impact on the game, whether that's slowing down ball, turnover, etc. And apparently Kwagga Smith has the best battle stats. I don't know if this is fully accurate but makes sense to me from what I do know of him. I really like the idea. And that draws an inevitable comparison to Borthwick - does he have an innovative system for selection akin to that!? I would be shocked. Saying that, everything is much more data led now so maybe I'd be surprised. It's ridiculous when you think of how few different teams have actually been in finals. England and France may have poor records in finals respectively but the fact that we've had some at all is a measure of success - England in the last 5 cups have been in 3 finals. So it's basically been 5 teams in all the finals. I can definitely understand that fatigue. Well we'll be reunited in the 3rd place decider. How romantic... [/QUOTE]
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