I do beliee in one thng and that is that the All Blacks did a massive amount of development of modern rugby as a sport amd for many years were as a result ranked as the top Rugby Team in the world.
But their record in WC were rather spotty. The following data is of real consequence:-
- number of WC tournaments held since 1987 - 10 tournaments of which the Springboks played in 8
- Number of tournaments won were as follows:-
- Springboks - 4 out of 8 participated in
- All Blacks - 3 out of 10 participated in
- Wallabies - 2 out of 10 participated in
- England - 1 out of 10 participated in
Should the above beng used as a norm the winning percentag es in tournaments are -
- Springboks - 50%
- All Blacks - 30%
- Wallabies - 20%
- England - 10%
based on the above the ranking should as ri the WC performances be influenced by the percentage win of trophies of the participating teams.
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