Rugby World Cup 2019 aka Squishy McSquish goes into a meltdown thread

sullydnl

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"We can still win this lads, you've just got to visualise it....."

[announcer]A congenital heart defect has apparently felled the entire New Zealand team moments before they could re-enter the pitch[/]
 

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Correct, there’s a chasm between the teams. Don’t think England will fare all that much better
I think England will be much more competitive than this because they've been vastly superior to Ireland this year. England will be more physical defensively and much coherent in attack (Ireland's structure with the ball is appalling) but New Zealand would still be clear favourites (7-10 points).
 

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Utter and absolute domination. Doesn't help that Ireland commits all these basic handling mistakes.
 

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New Zealand still have the luxury of bringing Sonny Bill Williams off the bench.
 

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There’s very small chance England will perform this badly.
I think New Zealand is a prohibitive favourite, but England will not be crushed like this. They will put points on the board and force the All Blacks to break a sweat.
 

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There’s very small chance England will perform this badly.
I think New Zealand is a prohibitive favourite, but England will not be crushed like this. They will put points on the board and force the All Blacks to break a sweat.
England will do better but I think the kiwis will go up a level. Ireland have been so poor they genuinely haven’t needed to today