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The General RWC 2023 draw discussion thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1134267" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>i actually think coming second is an advantage. Losing always sharpens you. I always said ahead of '07 that there was a reasonable chance the all blacks would lose the quarterfinal. My reasoning was this:</p><p></p><p>we would be undercooked and be playing second place in by far the toughest pool: a pool with three teams in the top 6 at the time - france, Ireland, and Argentina. Second in that pool would have had the advantage of two tough games and the advantage of having lost one of them. Note too that back then there were 16 teams and no rest week so the pool stage took 3 weeks not 5; that meant whatever the order in which teams played their matches they were more likely, come quarterfinal time, to have recently played tough matches. Nowadays, in terms of how good your draw is, the order of your pool games is very important.</p><p></p><p>To your other point, I'll take that an adjust my previous statement: Ireland is set up well to win the quarterfinal if they make the quarterfinals. (But especially if they lose one of their games in the process)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1134267, member: 65365"] i actually think coming second is an advantage. Losing always sharpens you. I always said ahead of '07 that there was a reasonable chance the all blacks would lose the quarterfinal. My reasoning was this: we would be undercooked and be playing second place in by far the toughest pool: a pool with three teams in the top 6 at the time - france, Ireland, and Argentina. Second in that pool would have had the advantage of two tough games and the advantage of having lost one of them. Note too that back then there were 16 teams and no rest week so the pool stage took 3 weeks not 5; that meant whatever the order in which teams played their matches they were more likely, come quarterfinal time, to have recently played tough matches. Nowadays, in terms of how good your draw is, the order of your pool games is very important. To your other point, I'll take that an adjust my previous statement: Ireland is set up well to win the quarterfinal if they make the quarterfinals. (But especially if they lose one of their games in the process) [/QUOTE]
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