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[RWC2019][Quarter-Final 1] England vs. Australia (19/10/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 967944" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>For me personally while our performances weren't great we haven't really performed better or worse than most other teams in the quarter finals. In terms of world rankings we definitely had the toughest group.</p><p></p><p>Going into the world cup... </p><p>Pool A had a combined ranking of 55. </p><p>Pool B had a combined ranking of 65. (Also had the widest gap between NZ and Namibia) </p><p>Pool C had a combined ranking of 49. (Tonga was the highest of the bottom ranked sides in each pool)</p><p>Pool D had a combined ranking of 51.</p><p></p><p>Ireland and Scotland both lost to Japan, which going into the tournament wasn't expected. Ireland didn't have a great game against Russia and the only real time they've looked good was to an awful Samoa side. Japan have performed well above expectations and look, but even they struggled early against Russia.</p><p>NZ and S.A have looked pretty good, but apart from facing each other they've had the easiest pool by far and even then not without blips. N.Z struggled in the first half against Namibia.</p><p>France haven't looked consistent at all this tournament and have produced some awful displays at times.</p><p>Australia could well have lost to Fiji under different circumstances and didn't look great against Georgia. Wales got the key win against Australia, but also haven't looked great in the last two games.</p><p></p><p>Basically the tournament is like a 1600m race. You spend the start and middle getting into your rhythm, testing out the opposition and try to get through with as little damage as possible so you can push on. England got the bonus point in all 4 games and have come through without any major injuries. On top got a chance to rest players and avoid further injuries. Yes some of the rugby wasn't perfect, but England needed to do the job against those opponents. I'm sure we'll see them step up, just like every other team will. However there does seem to be a little bit too much negativity on performances that for me are largely irrelevant now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 967944, member: 72977"] For me personally while our performances weren't great we haven't really performed better or worse than most other teams in the quarter finals. In terms of world rankings we definitely had the toughest group. Going into the world cup... Pool A had a combined ranking of 55. Pool B had a combined ranking of 65. (Also had the widest gap between NZ and Namibia) Pool C had a combined ranking of 49. (Tonga was the highest of the bottom ranked sides in each pool) Pool D had a combined ranking of 51. Ireland and Scotland both lost to Japan, which going into the tournament wasn't expected. Ireland didn't have a great game against Russia and the only real time they've looked good was to an awful Samoa side. Japan have performed well above expectations and look, but even they struggled early against Russia. NZ and S.A have looked pretty good, but apart from facing each other they've had the easiest pool by far and even then not without blips. N.Z struggled in the first half against Namibia. France haven't looked consistent at all this tournament and have produced some awful displays at times. Australia could well have lost to Fiji under different circumstances and didn't look great against Georgia. Wales got the key win against Australia, but also haven't looked great in the last two games. Basically the tournament is like a 1600m race. You spend the start and middle getting into your rhythm, testing out the opposition and try to get through with as little damage as possible so you can push on. England got the bonus point in all 4 games and have come through without any major injuries. On top got a chance to rest players and avoid further injuries. Yes some of the rugby wasn't perfect, but England needed to do the job against those opponents. I'm sure we'll see them step up, just like every other team will. However there does seem to be a little bit too much negativity on performances that for me are largely irrelevant now. [/QUOTE]
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