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[RWC2019] Typhoon Hagibis - Discussion Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 966693" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>if indeed there is any truth to the rumours, then yeah it's total shitburgers.</p><p></p><p>but i would expect such rumours, so the fact they exist doesn't give me any indication to their likelihood. I would have guessed the All Blacks wanted to play; otherwise, come next week, it will be 5 weeks since their top team has played. A team that has basically 4 games together, given how different they are from other recent incarnation of the All Blacks. Wales wanted to field their best team against Fiji, and Australia against Georgia, as other examples that lend toward ti being a good idea to give the top team some game time going into the quarters. Not to mention 2007 when the All Blacks went in undercooked; Steve Hansen was on the coaching staff then too. I'm not saying I think the All Blacks not wanting to play on Monday is definitely false, I just have strong doubts and think they should remain innocent until proven guilty.</p><p></p><p>I agree, I think it favours tier 1 teams If you think of the word cup as a competition between each country's best teams, rather than best 31 man squads. Because tier 2 teams don't have the advantage of resting players from their top team, for example the tier 2 teams with competitive top sides, Fiji and Japan. Fiji, while they played awfully, showed they couldn't afford to rest their top players against Uruguay. Japan know they can't so don't even consider the option.</p><p></p><p>It goes further than this too. You don't see tier 1 teams having to play other tier 1 teams within a short turnaround. So, generally, they can rest players for games when they have short turnarounds. So it would seem fair to me to schedule the games for the likes of Fiji and Japan such that they don't get short turnarounds at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 966693, member: 65365"] if indeed there is any truth to the rumours, then yeah it's total shitburgers. but i would expect such rumours, so the fact they exist doesn't give me any indication to their likelihood. I would have guessed the All Blacks wanted to play; otherwise, come next week, it will be 5 weeks since their top team has played. A team that has basically 4 games together, given how different they are from other recent incarnation of the All Blacks. Wales wanted to field their best team against Fiji, and Australia against Georgia, as other examples that lend toward ti being a good idea to give the top team some game time going into the quarters. Not to mention 2007 when the All Blacks went in undercooked; Steve Hansen was on the coaching staff then too. I'm not saying I think the All Blacks not wanting to play on Monday is definitely false, I just have strong doubts and think they should remain innocent until proven guilty. I agree, I think it favours tier 1 teams If you think of the word cup as a competition between each country's best teams, rather than best 31 man squads. Because tier 2 teams don't have the advantage of resting players from their top team, for example the tier 2 teams with competitive top sides, Fiji and Japan. Fiji, while they played awfully, showed they couldn't afford to rest their top players against Uruguay. Japan know they can't so don't even consider the option. It goes further than this too. You don't see tier 1 teams having to play other tier 1 teams within a short turnaround. So, generally, they can rest players for games when they have short turnarounds. So it would seem fair to me to schedule the games for the likes of Fiji and Japan such that they don't get short turnarounds at all. [/QUOTE]
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