Romania winning a game and Uruguay scoring a try prove that there is much more to the tournament than England’s catastrophic failure to progress from their pool – but lesser lights deserve more attention between World CupsThe despair of England going out of the World Cup was followed by the jubilation in victory of Romania,who were already out, and the delight of Uruguay at scoring a try. One of the beauties of the tournament is that it is not approximately the host nation being on tour but all the 20 teams that create it an experience to be celebrated in the full every four years.
Uruguay may be doomed to finish at the bottom of their group, or without a point after three matches and England in Manchester to near,but their tournament has been a relative success. A squad made up largely of amateurs have suffered three heavy defeats, but they have not capitulated and in two of their three matches, and against Wales and Fiji,they conceded fewer points in the second half than they did in the first, and there was only a three-point difference against Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com