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The Rugby World Cup is overrated. The fact that the All Blacks have only won it once says more about the farcical nature of the Cup than it does about them.
They have consistently been the best team in the world since rugby began but the Cup fails to reflect this dominance.
Unlike every other international team playing on the world stage, they always want to win regardless and this has contributed to their downfall in previous World Cups. Many people call it ‘peaking’ but they are simply hell bent on winning all the time.
Other teams tend to drop off between World Cups but not the All Blacks and why should they? Many other teams use the time between World Cups to rebuild or experiment and don’t mind losing the odd game if it helps their World Cup chances.
Too many losses between World Cups are now simply a case of ‘not wanting to peak too soon’ or ‘we are building nicely’, etc.
It’s become farcical and the fact that someone like Robbie Deans can keep his job because of it proves my point.
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