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<blockquote data-quote="Goodey" data-source="post: 1013553" data-attributes="member: 69270"><p>I'm not saying that the semis and final are a foregone conclusion or anything. Form and play on the day will win those. But doing away with seedings because rugby world cup matches are 'on form' more than other sports is silly. Rugby has a far, far bigger gap between its top seeds and the second tier than most world sports, probably second only to cricket.</p><p></p><p>Imagine one group with NZ-SA-Ireland-France-Argentina, while another group is Georgia-USA-Samoa-Namibia-Uruguay? And then the USA got to the semi-finals by beating Romania. Would that be a huge achievement for them, or just something people had to explain was due to shitty groups?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goodey, post: 1013553, member: 69270"] I'm not saying that the semis and final are a foregone conclusion or anything. Form and play on the day will win those. But doing away with seedings because rugby world cup matches are 'on form' more than other sports is silly. Rugby has a far, far bigger gap between its top seeds and the second tier than most world sports, probably second only to cricket. Imagine one group with NZ-SA-Ireland-France-Argentina, while another group is Georgia-USA-Samoa-Namibia-Uruguay? And then the USA got to the semi-finals by beating Romania. Would that be a huge achievement for them, or just something people had to explain was due to shitty groups? [/QUOTE]
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