BOKKE will take it again...France and Ireland will choke.
BOKKE will take it again...France and Ireland will choke.
Well, this year's Boks don't look anything like World Champions, much less like a team that will take it this year!
Maybe for one WC. Maybe.
For the rest, rugby is a political game run by globalist traders.
The SH losing their print on WCs would leave them with nothing.
This might change with the new tournament they set to launch, in due time, titles might be allocated to SH teams instead of WC titles.
Even if that is the plan, NH teams will first win the secondary tournament to leave space to the SH.
Without WC titles, SH rugby no longer exists. No SH rugby teams, no more games with them, no more games, no more money.
Rugby is too confidential a game to afford losing trade partners in the eyes of the globalists who run it.
The way the U20 went show big cracks. Stands were empty for the final, TV broadcasters abused close ups on player families to conceal it.
At the moment, world of rugby can not afford a SH that would no longer win WCs.
Don't speak to soon.
Under estimate the AB's and Boks at your own peril.
Teams that show the best form a year out - have on history normally peaked far to early.
History proves that when anyone underestimates NZ - THEY NORMALLY GET SHIT ON.
WCs are a tournament on their own.
Teams will progress toward it (except SA rugby)
NZ is working on something to grow to match NH rugbys.
The thing is that they come from behind.
It's true that WCs are their own environment. I have often remarked that, but a team that is not developing is not likely to prevail! The Boks had the perfect schedule last time around, they won't have that now. As per a year? The rugby WC is not a year away.
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What I have seen the past two seasons is an extraordinary collapse of SH rugby. I never thought I'd live to see the big three so weak and vulnerable. The quality that has been on display hasn't been very good. Some exciting moments for casuals, but a closer examination reveals more worrying things. The NH sides look far more polished, tactically astute, better conditioned, have a clearer vision of how they want to approach each test. It never used to be this way. The All Blacks were the benchmark for accuracy. They could play badly, but their accuracy took tests away from opponents in decisive moments. They appeared to be better against the Boks, but I don't think either side would have beaten the top NH sides playing that way. The question is clear... can the NH press home their advantage at this world cup? Even more so, can they now permanently keep the SH big three beneath them? This is an almighty shift.