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All Blacks will win 2011 Rugby World Cup

Roar Guru
10th July, 2010
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Roar Guru
10th July, 2010
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I am going to make a prediction, and you don’t need to be Einstein to make this prediction: the All Blacks will the 2011 Rugby World Cup. My evidence is the weight of history.

Only two countries play rugby consistently well – New Zealand and South Africa. Consequently, they have the best two win/loss records of all rugby nations.

They are the best two rugby nations at the present time, and I seriously doubt much will change that fact in the next 12 months. The All Blacks will win the RWC at home because, apart from 1937, the Springboks have always struggled in the land of the ‘long white cloud’.

Thus the evident weight of history. All other rugby nations are mere pretenders.

Tonight’s opening Tri Nations match in Auckland was a cracker, despite the lopsided score line. Whatever happens in the remainder of the Tri Nations won’t alter my prediction for next year.

When rugby union is played at its best, it’s an infinitely better spectacle than rugby league. Unfortunately, you have to watch a lot of rubbish rugby games to get a gem.

On the other hand, rugby league presents itself better consistently without reaching the heights that rugby union can soar to.

I fear for the Wallabies. They simply won’t be able to muscle up to either the All Blacks or Springboks. They will be slaughtered.

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Their scrum is likely to go backwards quicker than a surfboat in a backshoot at either Bondi or Broadbeach! I really fear for them.

What a grand old man Brad Thorn is. To date he is the only league convert to master the intricacies of union forward play. He is a true legend, a man of immense integrity. A credit to the dual nationality he shares with New Zealand and Australia.

There may have been a few better locks to represent the ABs, since they have had so many outstanding players, but there have been none more committed to the cause than Thorn. What a truly great man in every respect.

He might well be able to go on and play next year, now that he has the outstandingly young, athletic, mobile and skillful Tom Donnelly to do the wide running, while Thorn plays his natural close-in, hard game.

So there you have it – the All Blacks to beat the Springboks in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final. All other nations are too far off the pace. The Northern Hemisphere nations have no idea how to play modern rugby, despite inventing the sport.

And, sadly, the Wallabies will be cannon fodder, since they simply lack the cattle and the muscle.

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