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If we look at players by Club team France have 156 players. That plays a bigger role that place of birth. Top 14 has had a jump of 33 more players than last WC alone so the T14 is sending an extra squad this time. Where would test T2 teams be without the French employment.

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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It does help when more players in your diaspora quailfy. If Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey got in England would have more, or if Morroco, Tunisa and Belgium for France. What teams do the 23 PI players mainly play for. If you provide the most but also pick OS born players yourself how are you different.

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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It’s why Tonga and Samoa have the most OS players who only quailfy on parentage.

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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Both Nations have them. As long as both Nations have the rule around players eligibility at SR level it will continue. Yes you have the kids but you have the SR players too like Reece who couldn’t play for Fiji as part of his Crusaders deal because of eligibility declarations.

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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For Wales and Oz

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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Once it’s lost its lost. Brazil were the same in soccer but as ex ABs are making less and less of a splash OS the less they are feared. Ireland and Argentina often had lost the game before they took the field because of the years of failure but now both teams know they can win. For Ireland all their current team has more wins than losses so they become just like England and SA, hard to beat but beatable. Not sure what will magically change to put it back how it was

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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While it is great to see the PIs do well is it a short term jump or supported by legitimate structures. No T2 nation has had more spent on them than the PIs so I am not sure how much of it will last. The Dura for Fiji is big as it puts players in the shop window but how many of these exAB exWB will be around after the WC. At under 20s Spain beat Samoa handily and the T2 European and S American teams have a professional team and good international u18 and u20 level. MP seems to be NZers with Samoan/Tongan heritage rather than people from those nations. Until WR fixes the structures for teams like Samoa and Tonga, each WC will be a squad dominated by exAB/exWB looking for one last gig. What about the lads from the islands that are losing their squad place to someone from NZ/Oz. Moffett is a clown maybe he can go watch 12 man rugby, which sumed up how much he knows as he thought players who had contracts with clubs could just play in 12s and the club couldn’t stop them.

RWC News: 'Losing three biggest academies' - Eddie's truth bomb for ABs, Poms' 'horrendous' fear

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Or the Sa defense set up like that to encourage the opposition to go wide fast without even looking. Ireland have one of the worst defences of stopping players breaking the line but they are set up to isolate the players that break the line as they cut the support runners.

Is seven weeks enough time for the All Blacks to learn, reset and adapt before the World Cup quarter-finals?

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The fact players like LF are getting selected after signing and OS contract says you don’t have the players. Players like McCaw and Carter were very tactical, now the fans just want a player like DMac who is about individual brilliance rather than helping the team be more than the sum of their parts.

Is seven weeks enough time for the All Blacks to learn, reset and adapt before the World Cup quarter-finals?

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Ryan’s maul defense was shown up in a way it never was in SR to the point it became a weakness not a strenght. This is the problem NZ staff face is they have some of the most skillful players but few of them are tactically trained. JS is not going to get the same speed ruck ball with those players nor do the players know how handle a player that is running up between the attacking line just to be in the way. Razor will have his hands full.

Is seven weeks enough time for the All Blacks to learn, reset and adapt before the World Cup quarter-finals?

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Many think it was the English power that defeated NZ in 2019 but it was their breakdown work. Every game NZ have lost it has been the breakdown. This then compounds when they try stop a try and rack up the penalties, more teams are kicking to the corners against them to keep the pressure on and any maul penalty from 10m out could end up with a try and yellow card. Ireland and Scotland work really hard at they breakdown at club and country. NZ players can’t learn in 7 weeks what has taken the SA, French, Irish and Scots 20+ games of club rugby which is getting involved in the breakdown and doing multiple roles in it.

Is seven weeks enough time for the All Blacks to learn, reset and adapt before the World Cup quarter-finals?

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Players use it to get raises or longer contracts. Half the things that make it into the sports Media are placed there for a reason.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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I would love to see who said NZ were rubbish as they were number 1. SA were so good in that period they lost to Italy and Oz got whitewashed at home v England. Only England were as good ad them in that period.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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Those two are up there. Sadly the middle ground people get lost for the extreme views for good and bad. If Goldie had said the sky was falling in on NZ rugby it would equally have become the story.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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JK analysis of SR seems to be Blues great, let’s not talk about other teams.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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I am not sure he did give credit. He blamed the ref even though anyone who has seen any of his games could have told you that NZ would get penalised if they played SR breakdown. Sadly I think alot of sports shows are rubbish these days as the majority don’t actually want deep reviews, just and echo chamber.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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The breakdown seems more like a post match review. I don’t know why their isn’t the devil’s advocate on it like most shows. Have watch the SA one and they do great breakdown of plays and tactics. Yes a bit SA focused but great input and discuss why teams win. Breakdown is more show a score, look how great he looks.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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I was surprised by the breakdown and other NZ media that seem to put the SA win down to cards and a pedantic ref who they felt was the only difference. There was no analysis of how SA used Ryan’s maul defense against them or why they struggled so much at the breakdown. Like Oz in 2019 the belief that once the WC starts it will be magically better and this game can be just forgotten about. Its funny to see the different views by the same pudits after the Mount Smart and Twickenham games. They are happy to write off England, Wales or Oz but not themselves. NZ need to know more about the refs too.

RWC News: 'What a statement' - Goldie lashed for 'arrogance', Cam Murray 'annoyed' by hollow flirting

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NZ has the same problems just much bigger fan base with smaller distractions. As you saw fans want winners and fairytale cup runs against the odds. If rugby wants to be more revelavent in Oz then fans need to see winners they can get behind. Walaroos taking big losses to New Zealand, Canada, England and France won’t do that neither does the 20 year inability to win back a certain cup. Turning SRP into a champions cup between the top teams from Oz, Nz, PIs and Japan plus a domestic league will do it. Spending January to June talking about how Oz teams are rubbish v NZ teams will not.

The Wrap: Why Rugby Australia’s women problem isn’t going away any time soon

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We’ll see. NZ have never lost a pool game so normally have no pressure after beating the #2 team. As unlikely as it is they could have a close game with Italy, if they lose to France the Italy game if a repeat of the last time they played could be very pressurised at half time and the fans will be cheering Italy. I think NZ are still mentally weak which a defeat to France won’t help.

A far from golden generation of forwards has left the All Blacks badly exposed

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Matts problem is like many of his time in the region he grew up in that Rugby is only rugby if it is run with sliky skills against unorganised defences. Once the tactics need to develop he doesn’t like it and was a blind spot of his as a coach. South Africa are like Italy in soccer who take great pride in how they play and its for others to out think them of copy them.

'Seriously': Ex-Scotland coach calls on World Rugby to 'act' on Springboks after 'abusing bench' against All Blacks

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You still can do that. The problem is the NZ tactics involved only the SA pack so why waste players on a bench when your pack was shutting down the opposition. France and Ireland will have plans for breaking up the SA pack with tactics but NZ seemed surprised that the SA pack was always near the ruck.

'Seriously': Ex-Scotland coach calls on World Rugby to 'act' on Springboks after 'abusing bench' against All Blacks

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Game is still full of skill, tactic and speed as you would have seen from SA. Running rugby isn’t the only skill in the game.

'Seriously': Ex-Scotland coach calls on World Rugby to 'act' on Springboks after 'abusing bench' against All Blacks

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If there had been injuries everyone would be saying how stupid it was. When you have to have a full frontrow on the bench it doesn’t make sense to drop to 6 as you would so disrupted with an injury. It was a one off. SA won and it wasn’t because of the bench. It was better tactics.

'Seriously': Ex-Scotland coach calls on World Rugby to 'act' on Springboks after 'abusing bench' against All Blacks

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To be fair NZ kept stopping the play with Penalties or knockons so it was always SA slowing it down.

A far from golden generation of forwards has left the All Blacks badly exposed

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