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<blockquote data-quote="AllezWasps" data-source="post: 154349"><p>I just read this from the bbc website: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7043014.stm" target="_blank">Battle of the Nines</a></p><p></p><p>It basically says how important Scrum Halfs have been this world cup (like the Fly Halfs in the last Cup) and it got me thinking how correct that is.</p><p></p><p>Ireland and Wales both had struggling 9's (Stringer and Peel) and both got knocked out by teams with good 9's (Argentina's Pichot and Fiji's Raulini)</p><p></p><p>New Zealand's Kelleher didn't particularly sparkle, Gregan also, and England under Perry was totally different to England under Gomarshall.</p><p></p><p>And the semis have the four best scrum halfs in the RWC. Elissalde came on late to the opener for France (they lost that) but has kicked his points well and generally improved France. du Preez has been stunning, he destroyed England and kept SA in control when they tried to give Fiji the win. Pichot IS Argentina. Without him, they lose so much pace, control and basically their side. And England have found their best scrum half since 2003 when we had Dawson/Bracken and even Healy.</p><p></p><p>Yet, dispite all of that, they are still all annoying ******** <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllezWasps, post: 154349"] I just read this from the bbc website: [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7043014.stm"]Battle of the Nines[/url] It basically says how important Scrum Halfs have been this world cup (like the Fly Halfs in the last Cup) and it got me thinking how correct that is. Ireland and Wales both had struggling 9's (Stringer and Peel) and both got knocked out by teams with good 9's (Argentina's Pichot and Fiji's Raulini) New Zealand's Kelleher didn't particularly sparkle, Gregan also, and England under Perry was totally different to England under Gomarshall. And the semis have the four best scrum halfs in the RWC. Elissalde came on late to the opener for France (they lost that) but has kicked his points well and generally improved France. du Preez has been stunning, he destroyed England and kept SA in control when they tried to give Fiji the win. Pichot IS Argentina. Without him, they lose so much pace, control and basically their side. And England have found their best scrum half since 2003 when we had Dawson/Bracken and even Healy. Yet, dispite all of that, they are still all annoying ******** :P [/QUOTE]
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