Lets not beat about any bushes, 5plusn8, this
Which means we have been the the best team in the world 1/9 of the time, 2nd best team in the world 1/3 of the time.
is nonsense.
Wales have had 4 bronze finals with a one 3rd and two 4ths.
We get bonus points for those, (check the VERY small print!).
If you look at the number of appearances in WC finals we made it 4 times,
Raymond Poulidor was nicknamed The Eternal Second. NZ were accused of choking, by their own press, when they couldn’t repeat their WC win. England are constantly touted by their press as The Greatest Ever.
vs Wales (Who have more GS’s though)
We get bonus points for that as well. (Check the smaller print. It’s really small.)
😀 (If I could get emojis on this keyboard I’d stick my tongue out..