You didn't read the story did you? They didn't shake their hands because one of the players accused the Irish team of being antisemitic. This was published the official team website
England gave SA a scare but in the end the expected team won. And the NZ v Argentina was certainly a dud.
Yeah, the quarters were exciting but you'd hope that the excited would build to the final. Not go down and then back up.
If the Ireland v NZ and the France v SS games were the semi-final match ups, even with the same outcome, the narrative for the final would be different
Or you know a recognition that we're getting the same teams winning it.
No one is taking anything away from the achievements of SA or NZ, but having 2 teams that have won 3 each isn't exactly an exciting prospect for the final. Especially since we knew this would be the match up after the quarters
Maybe read the article before you make inaccurate statements?
They didn't shake their hands because one of the players accused them of being antisemitic in an interview published on the team website
You didn't read the story did you? They didn't shake their hands because one of the players accused the Irish team of being antisemitic. This was published the official team website
Critiscing the actions of the state of Israel does not equal antisemitism
England gave SA a scare but in the end the expected team won. And the NZ v Argentina was certainly a dud.
Yeah, the quarters were exciting but you'd hope that the excited would build to the final. Not go down and then back up.
If the Ireland v NZ and the France v SS games were the semi-final match ups, even with the same outcome, the narrative for the final would be different
Or you know a recognition that we're getting the same teams winning it.
No one is taking anything away from the achievements of SA or NZ, but having 2 teams that have won 3 each isn't exactly an exciting prospect for the final. Especially since we knew this would be the match up after the quarters
Every cloud, I guess