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[November Tests 2017 EOYT] Scotland vs. New Zealand (18/11/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 880132" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>They didn't lose to the Lions though did they. ;-)</p><p>That was with a succession of key injuries.</p><p>They do ten times more travelling every season than any European team, but hey, I'm sure you'll discount that because it doesn't fit your narrow view.</p><p></p><p>England might walk an RC, but not if we were in it... and they are not used to the massive travel schedule, the high veld, and the time zones so they would be behind the 8 ball.</p><p>Ireland winning an RC?</p><p>Get a grip mate.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ultimately it's about teams coping with the travelling and the sustained pressure of an intense tournament.</p><p>The 6 Nations is not a great tournament for sustained pressure.</p><p>As a model it is little like the RC or the RWC.</p><p>The travelling is minor and the breaks are frequent, then there is no home and away and no knockout aspect.</p><p></p><p>The SH teams rack up thousands more flyer miles in to different time zones, different climates and different altitudes.</p><p>Maybe this is the key difference that shows the alarming disparity between northern and southern hemispheres when it comes to how many times each party has won the RWC.</p><p>The best England team ever won it in 2003 away in Australia.</p><p></p><p>All the others have been won by the big 3 SH teams.</p><p>That's a 7:1 ratio.</p><p></p><p>Now you can talk about how the NH are catching up, and that may be the case, and you can talk about how Ireland are ready to do big things, and they might, you can say that the AB's are not rebuilding effectively, and that may be the truth, and we might not win the RWC in Japan because it's a tough tourney to win.</p><p></p><p>Lets look at the last one.</p><p>England melted at home in their own pool.</p><p>Ireland made it to a quarter final with an excellent team but under the 'sustained pressure' that the RWC brings, Ireland got belted by the weakest of the teams in the RC. They got smashed out of the RWC at the quarter final stage, by Argentina.</p><p>The semi-finals were dominated by SH teams.</p><p>It was a shut out.</p><p></p><p>The 6 Nations is not giving the NH teams an advantage the way the Super Rugby and the RC is giving an advantage to prepare them for the rigours of playing two high pressure games a week in the pool play and then weekly knockout games.</p><p></p><p>All that travelling and the hardships of the super rugby tournaments and the Rugby Championships stand the SH in much better stead for a RWC than their NH counterparts.</p><p>7:1 is no fluke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 880132, member: 70721"] They didn't lose to the Lions though did they. ;-) That was with a succession of key injuries. They do ten times more travelling every season than any European team, but hey, I'm sure you'll discount that because it doesn't fit your narrow view. England might walk an RC, but not if we were in it... and they are not used to the massive travel schedule, the high veld, and the time zones so they would be behind the 8 ball. Ireland winning an RC? Get a grip mate. Ultimately it's about teams coping with the travelling and the sustained pressure of an intense tournament. The 6 Nations is not a great tournament for sustained pressure. As a model it is little like the RC or the RWC. The travelling is minor and the breaks are frequent, then there is no home and away and no knockout aspect. The SH teams rack up thousands more flyer miles in to different time zones, different climates and different altitudes. Maybe this is the key difference that shows the alarming disparity between northern and southern hemispheres when it comes to how many times each party has won the RWC. The best England team ever won it in 2003 away in Australia. All the others have been won by the big 3 SH teams. That's a 7:1 ratio. Now you can talk about how the NH are catching up, and that may be the case, and you can talk about how Ireland are ready to do big things, and they might, you can say that the AB's are not rebuilding effectively, and that may be the truth, and we might not win the RWC in Japan because it's a tough tourney to win. Lets look at the last one. England melted at home in their own pool. Ireland made it to a quarter final with an excellent team but under the 'sustained pressure' that the RWC brings, Ireland got belted by the weakest of the teams in the RC. They got smashed out of the RWC at the quarter final stage, by Argentina. The semi-finals were dominated by SH teams. It was a shut out. The 6 Nations is not giving the NH teams an advantage the way the Super Rugby and the RC is giving an advantage to prepare them for the rigours of playing two high pressure games a week in the pool play and then weekly knockout games. All that travelling and the hardships of the super rugby tournaments and the Rugby Championships stand the SH in much better stead for a RWC than their NH counterparts. 7:1 is no fluke. [/QUOTE]
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