The plucky Scottish with a dazzling attack put on a masterclass The hard work put in by support runners securing the victory. Whist at the end of the day, the bonus point meant little, put out of the tournament on the Sunday by Japan, it is the style in which the bonus point was secured …
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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 …
As pointed out in the title, Australia were undisciplined conceding 2 yellow cards in their game against Los Teros. However, following a close defeat to Wales the Wallabies will be glad to have started winning again. The game against Los Teros enabled the Australians to experiment, and test some combinations. Mat Toomua started having been …
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South Africa had lost their ‘group decider’ against NZ before bouncing back and really putting Namibia to the sword. However, there was a possible upset in the air when Italy were in town. The game in Florence had rocked the rugby world, and perhaps was an overused reason for Italy’s chance. Crucially though, Italy had …
Ireland looked to bounce back from their shock defeat to Japan with a game against the second lowest team in the tournament, the Russian bears. However whilst the Irish were expected to win big, they were far from convincing. They started well deploying this typically Joe Schmidt move from the break down. The run from …
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