Wales have less registered rugby players than Italy does yet no one expects Italy to win the world cup, So you could argue by size Wales always over perform at the world cup, England have the 3rd highest number of registered players behind the Boks and France with the most. So relatively speaking England finishing 3rd was the least we should have expected.
And just for balance this -
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💪 Federazione Italiana Rugby round off the competition with an impressive win over the USA 🤩
Italy 30-8 USA
p.s. I feel sorry for Giles in Paris with the hosts getting knocked out so early on in proceedings.
p.p.s. England always perform better as the underdogs and coming third at World level is a great achievement for
not just
I shall be sorry to see Joe Marler retire as he is a great character on the International scene.
Enjoy the final this evening. Our Daughter in law is South African so we are rooting for them, having lived and worked there too we have great affection for the emerging unified Nation.
Namaste until the Six Nations
