Two-time Rugby World Cup-victor John Eales once said that the winner of the World Cup is not necessarily the best team in the world, rather it is the best team at the tournament. His observation has never been more pertinent following the indignation with which Wales’ albeit brief rise to the summit of the World Rugby rankings was received.
And just to labour the point that's 30 matches on the trot over 66 years that the All Blacks have defeated Wales. I'm pretty sure the algorithm could be made aware of that
The problem with Wales getting to world 1 ahead of the ABs was not that they hadn't beaten us in the last 2 years but they've not beaten us since 1953...
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