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Rugby World Cup 2015
The benches will win this WC.
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<blockquote data-quote="Chistera" data-source="post: 753394" data-attributes="member: 72020"><p>Rather than being disappointed by the top teams I'm, as I think most are, surprised and pleased by the level demonstrated by "lower-tier" nations. It's healthy for rugby to have more competitive teams on the international level and not have 100-0 scores at the World Cup.</p><p>Fatigue is a key factor and that's why benches are so important, that's also why Pool A teams are disadvantaged, having three really tough games to play before the knockouts while Pool D teams -France and Ireland- will go relatively rested into the latter stages, with only one challenging game under their belt. The injury tally of these two teams (null except for the unfortunate no-contact Huget injury) seems to confirm this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chistera, post: 753394, member: 72020"] Rather than being disappointed by the top teams I'm, as I think most are, surprised and pleased by the level demonstrated by "lower-tier" nations. It's healthy for rugby to have more competitive teams on the international level and not have 100-0 scores at the World Cup. Fatigue is a key factor and that's why benches are so important, that's also why Pool A teams are disadvantaged, having three really tough games to play before the knockouts while Pool D teams -France and Ireland- will go relatively rested into the latter stages, with only one challenging game under their belt. The injury tally of these two teams (null except for the unfortunate no-contact Huget injury) seems to confirm this. [/QUOTE]
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