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The 1014: Why England are favourites to win 2019 World Cup
By Tom Parker
Over the past two years there have been many claims that England are back to their best. After winning consecutive Six Nations titles and maintaining a 95% win record, it is hard to argue with many of these claims.
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The 1014 Rugby have made a video outlining just how impressive the past two years have been for the men in white. Almost every aspect of Eddie Jone’s reign has been statistically pulled apart and it makes for grim reading for anyone who is not English.
One of the most interesting facts in this video is not about how dominant they have been but quite the opposite. In 60% of England’s last twenty games they have been losing at half-time. Despite this they have only lost one game. This goes to show that Eddie Jones has brought a real winning mentality to English rugby, something that they have been missing so much since 2003.
As Steve from the 1014 Rugby has said;
He’s (Eddie Jones) brought performance, he’s brought fitness, he’s brought belief. He’s brought all of those traits that the Richie Mcaw team had for 10 years.
However this is not the only fact that backs up the notion that England are potential World Cup winners. England’s current average team age is almost identical to that of the 2003 World Cup winning team two years before the tournament started. In addition to this, England’s win ratio far outmatches any other World Cup winning teams, even New Zealand in 2011 and 2015.
For many people stats simply aren’t enough, but by watching this video we hope you will get a sense of just how dominant England are on the International stage at the moment.
Skip to 23:48 for the England segment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHCpsrnE2b0
