If we think of South Africa as the benchmark for defence in world rugby since the Munster machine of Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber took the reins in 2018, the best attack is surely the lighter green team. Meanwhile, nobody has crossed the Springbok tryline, which means the last time a World Cup opponent touched down against the Boks was the opener in Japan in 2019. ![]() Toughened Tonga will get a chance to retain that margin this Sunday in Nice in weather far more reminiscent of Nuku’alofa air than Edinburgh’s cool winds. The scoring juggernaut of the Six Nations now lag Tonga by thirteen and Romania by five in points scored. Scotland was supposed to be the best they had ever been at the Cup but have only managed to score one lonesome penalty goal in the steam of Marseille. Rugby is of course not life or death, but the most majestic and complicated of sports, with overtones of territory and battlements and salient raids. It was given the moniker ‘Pool of Death’ in contrast to the ‘Pool of Life’ (Pool C). We may need to get to the Stade de France in the morning for a nine o’clock match. ![]() As social media guardians warned folks to get to the stadia early, the crush worsened, requiring equestrian cops and other branches of the services to get involved.
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