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I agree with the above post however the last 2 World Cups (you could almost argue 3) were effectively lost because we had insufficient depth in all positions. Henry & Co are addressing this via player rotation (& are largely succeeding).
The advent of professionalism has meant the players play far more with their bodies unable to cope with the high collision sport rugby has now become (have a look at some of the old games on the Rugby Channel & they bear little resemblance to todays affairs).
Grab out an old Rugby Annual and see how many first class games were played before the first test of the year and you can see why the olden day guys didnt burn out…
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