“But I would say this World Cup has shown we’ve got really good depth in the top 30. READ MORE: Scotland crash out World Cup after Ireland first half excellenceBut Townsend pointed to a lopsided draw – made two-and-a-half years before the event – as one reason why parallels should not be drawn between the two World Cups. “I think you need to look at each World Cup differently. We were drawn against the number one and number two teams in the world [Ireland and South Africa], and we lost to them both,” he said. “They are a better team than us on tonight’s performance, and they’ve won 17 games in a row, so they’ve clearly been the better team over the last couple of years.

Source: The Herald October 08, 2023 20:31 UTC