Coupe des Nations : partage des richesses plus favorable à l’hémisphère Nord

https://youtu.be/VmOdzF8jhtY

Congrats on your teams great win btw

"That they have lost the top spot already is quite remarkable, but without a sustained run of winning is inevitable."

good point

"Under the World Rugby ranking system the Rugby World Cup knockout fixtures receive special treatment, with wins earning double points to juice the eventual champion."

terrible point. The world cup is about twice as important as other fixtures.

"Had ‘double points’ not been on offer through the knockouts, they would likely have not reached number one based on beating those opponents and certainly would not have built such a cushion between the others."

lazy point. It wouldn't be too hard for him to work out what ranking they would have achieved without the double point system.

Several Saffers have said this. It is such an uncharacteristically weak excuse. Suggests players would have tried harder if it was an "important" match. How do you not give 100% when representing your country?

Never forget this All Blacks team shipped 30 points in 45 minutes at home to the Pumas, lost back-to-back matches to Springbok B/C teams and the only reason they got out of jail on Saturday is because of the Wallabies mistakes.

So, so desperate to now win a dead rubber in front of another half empty stadium that they are bringing in Wayne Smith to try and stop the rot.

How the once mighty All Blacks have fallen now that they have been exposed as ordinary and just another international rugby team.

All down to the fact that the current crop has lost their ability to cheat at a high level like their previous teams were able to.

Also lost their "diplomatic immunity" from being penalised and are no longer receiving the privileged treatment they used to get from the officials now that WR have rolled out TMO's on a permanent basis.

Time for the kiwis to embrace the suck, it's only going to get worse for those living in the past.