Irish woes continued at the quarter final stage yet again in Japan. Crashing out as they were crushed by a brutally strong and efficient New Zealand performance. Throughout the World Cup Ireland have played well in patches, starting strong against a Scotland team in a dominant display. However, Ireland had been unable to beat the …
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England began their knockout campaign with a test against a strong wallabies team. England had won the previous 6 encounters since being dumped out of their home world cup and Cheika was looking to change the script. England hadn’t really been tested or needed to show anything spectacular whilst Australia had come with a different …
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Lots has been written on the poor performances of Scotland and the success of the Brave Blossoms, who have invigorated the tournament. The lease of life given by the brave blossoms applies not only to the successes of the home world cup but the future of modern rugby. Diverging from traditional rugby patterns and putting …
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Argentina had a disappointing campaign compared to the success of four years ago, reaching the Semi Final and exciting everyone for the flair of outside backs away from the traditional grunt of the Pumas. The last 4 years have hardly been a cake walk, but with key results, including victories against Australia and South Africa …
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In this piece, I aim to show, 1) why SA were able to exploit a Canadian side who struggled to cover the back field, 2) why Canada were able to exploit SA at points, and 3) why Canada’s heart and at points, how their level of effort exposed them. While they started slowly and were …
In a close game in Pool C before talks of Typhoons and cancellations, France ground out a win against a strong Tongan team. The overall performance was characteristically french. The flair came through till the 45th minute. However after that Tonga wrested back control forcing increasing mentions of the game in 2011, where Tonga beat …
New Zealand continued their march for the Quarter Finals with a comfortable win against Namibia even if they were kept under pressure by a good first half showing by Namibia. The taking of opportunities and the general efficiency of the All Blacks was key to success and bodes well for their future. By half time …
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Japan are the controlling team in Pool A, having taken their chances and beaten an Ireland side struggling in the conditions and now lead the way. The attack and work rate has every neutral supporting the Brave Blossoms in their exploits as they aim to create history and get through to the Quarter finals for …
England and Argentina shared a rather dull game, one which had been hyped up as one in which England were going to get their RWC truly up and running. However, following Tomas Lavinni’s Red Card the game turned into a dour and dull affair where England were rarely stressed as they eased through the game …
Fiji were victims to the first shock of the tournament losing to Uruguay in Kamaishi, meaning they were on the back in teams of automatic World Cup qualification. This is meant that they’re test versus Georgia was a key game. Following being outplayed by Los Teros, the Fijians didn’t make changes with their basic game …
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