Quote Originally Posted by City123 View Post
And there have only been 5 different finalists. Since the first World Cup only 13 teams have reached the knockouts, with Japan in 2019 the first new team to do so since 1999.

Compare that to the last 9 football World Cups. 6 different winners, 8 different finalists, 16 difference semi finalists and 31 different teams reaching the quarter finals, never mind the round of 16

I like rugby, but international rugby is top loaded, far more so than football
At least it’s not like the US of A where then invent sports that only they play & then declare themselves world champions.

As a footnote, my wife was a world champion in the 1980s in the mixed relay wheelbarrow racing championships.