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Tri Nations: All Blacks - Wallabies @ Eden Park (06-08-2011, 08:35 GMT)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 429360" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>As has been said before, winning the Rugby World Cup is proof positive that you are the best team in the world over single six week period once every four years. For the remaining 202 weeks over four years, the best team in the world is whichever team is holding the No. 1 ranking at any given time.</p><p></p><p>England proved this after RWC 2003. For 18 months prior to 2003 RWC. They had a 90% winning record (27 wins from 30 matches) and were ranked No. 1, but in the 18 months after it, they dropped to No. 7 on the back of a 40% winning record (12 wins from 30 matches). It is very easy to go from champs to chumps. Despite the fact that England were still the World Cup Holders in 2006, no one in their right mind could possibly claim that they were still the best team in the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 429360, member: 20605"] As has been said before, winning the Rugby World Cup is proof positive that you are the best team in the world over single six week period once every four years. For the remaining 202 weeks over four years, the best team in the world is whichever team is holding the No. 1 ranking at any given time. England proved this after RWC 2003. For 18 months prior to 2003 RWC. They had a 90% winning record (27 wins from 30 matches) and were ranked No. 1, but in the 18 months after it, they dropped to No. 7 on the back of a 40% winning record (12 wins from 30 matches). It is very easy to go from champs to chumps. Despite the fact that England were still the World Cup Holders in 2006, no one in their right mind could possibly claim that they were still the best team in the world. [/QUOTE]
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