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A look ahead: the 2014 Six Nations
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 611137" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>I don't think we can say Wales are the "team to beat this year". Diminished or not, they conceded 3 tries against South Africa at home, looked powerless against Australia for a large portion of the match and barely managed 17 points and a 10-point victory on a very, very mediocre Tongan side that even a struggling-badly-on-attack France managed 38 points over.</p><p>Yes, this is their November curse, and they may turn up big time again in February and March, and they are the two-time defending champs - but we don't know that they'll find form again, and based on current form I don't think we can affirm they are "the team to beat".</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a team to beat. England, without Tuilagi and Corbs, have managed a strong month of November. But they aren't scary either. France are coming off a record-low year, but aren't exactly harmless. Wales I've written about, and Ireland looked fine against Samoa, sucked against Australia and then rocked NZ's world. Who the hell knows what they can produce consistently for 5 matches.</p><p></p><p>Then there's the actual schedule, which will change everything of course. For Ireland for instance, they have 3 games at home, but the 2 they're playing away are Paris and London...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 611137, member: 57076"] I don't think we can say Wales are the "team to beat this year". Diminished or not, they conceded 3 tries against South Africa at home, looked powerless against Australia for a large portion of the match and barely managed 17 points and a 10-point victory on a very, very mediocre Tongan side that even a struggling-badly-on-attack France managed 38 points over. Yes, this is their November curse, and they may turn up big time again in February and March, and they are the two-time defending champs - but we don't know that they'll find form again, and based on current form I don't think we can affirm they are "the team to beat". I don't think there is a team to beat. England, without Tuilagi and Corbs, have managed a strong month of November. But they aren't scary either. France are coming off a record-low year, but aren't exactly harmless. Wales I've written about, and Ireland looked fine against Samoa, sucked against Australia and then rocked NZ's world. Who the hell knows what they can produce consistently for 5 matches. Then there's the actual schedule, which will change everything of course. For Ireland for instance, they have 3 games at home, but the 2 they're playing away are Paris and London... [/QUOTE]
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