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It doesn’t feel right to see Italy at the bottom

It doesn’t

Various non rugby specialists have contacted me this week asking why Italy are currently bottom of the Six Nations table.
Patiently I have described the introduction a few years back of a bonus point if you lose by seven points or fewer and the awarding of a try bonus if you score four tries or more.
All fine and dandy but they are right – it doesn’t feel right that Italy with two defeats but an away draw in France are currently placed sixth and last behind Wales who have recorded three straight defeats. A system that produces such a standing is inherently wrong.
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