Time Waster
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Occasional rugby fan here. Anyone confident enough to rate the performances of the main teams (6 nations teams plus nz, aus and sa).
I saw a news piece from a Welsh paper that came up with the argument that Wales were unfairly ranked by the irb ranking system so we came up with our own that puts Wales third behind England and SA at 1. Typical Wales online rubbish as I believe they won a few when the other side was on 13 or 14 men on the pitch.
If anyone can give an honest summary of the autumn series, I'd be interested.
My uneducated feeling is that northern hemisphere had an advantage as the southern hemisphere teams just didn't click somehow. I think England introduced a new feel to their setup that's going to be exciting going forward, but only if farrell doesn't come back into the first choice setup. NZ I think were tired or something but as a team, WOW! Great respect too their mindset. They are the most professional team in sport IMHO. Ireland are a team that's moved on and should be considered with NZ, SA, AUS (when better than they are now) and ENG as the top teams and in an order that will change around. France I think have talent, like always, but they need something to be consistent, have they finally got it?
Sorry about the above rubbish. I did say I was an occasional fan and really knows very little about the details. The above is probably wrong which is why I'm hoping someone will educate me with a better summary.
I saw a news piece from a Welsh paper that came up with the argument that Wales were unfairly ranked by the irb ranking system so we came up with our own that puts Wales third behind England and SA at 1. Typical Wales online rubbish as I believe they won a few when the other side was on 13 or 14 men on the pitch.
If anyone can give an honest summary of the autumn series, I'd be interested.
My uneducated feeling is that northern hemisphere had an advantage as the southern hemisphere teams just didn't click somehow. I think England introduced a new feel to their setup that's going to be exciting going forward, but only if farrell doesn't come back into the first choice setup. NZ I think were tired or something but as a team, WOW! Great respect too their mindset. They are the most professional team in sport IMHO. Ireland are a team that's moved on and should be considered with NZ, SA, AUS (when better than they are now) and ENG as the top teams and in an order that will change around. France I think have talent, like always, but they need something to be consistent, have they finally got it?
Sorry about the above rubbish. I did say I was an occasional fan and really knows very little about the details. The above is probably wrong which is why I'm hoping someone will educate me with a better summary.
good contest though.
