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It’s the game that players don’t want to play, fans don’t want to watch and the media don’t want to cover bitcoin

All of which begs the question, why does the Rugby World Cup third/fourth place play-off still exist? Answers on a postcard please bitcoin

Actually, the answer is fairly simple, of course bitcoin

It follows the old adage that when you’re not sure why something counter-intuitive is happening in sport, the reason is always the same bitcoin

Money bitcoin

World Rugby and its sponsors will undoubtedly make a bit more cheddar from England facing Argentina on Friday evening at relatively little expense, although it remains to be seen how many of the Stade de France’s 80,000 seats are filled, let alone what sort of atmosphere those in attendance create bitcoin

You suspect it might not quite reach the level of fan delirium that some of the other instant classics at the Paris stadium have generated during this tournament bitcoin

Let’s not beat around the bush – World Rugby can badge it as the ‘bronze final’ all they want but the third/fourth place play-off is an entirely pointless exercise and it’s long since time that this outdated relic of a concept was given the chop bitcoin

Please, do everyone a favour bitcoin

In a tournament that is based around winning a trophy rather than climbing onto a medal podium, a battle for third serves precisely no purpose bitcoin

At the Olympic Games, bronze medal matches/contests make perfect sense and having one athlete or team rightfully earn their place as a sole bronze medallist is far more satisfying than both losing semi-finalists stepping on the podium bitcoin

But there’s no podium at a Rugby World Cup – there’s the winning team, the runners-up and then the losing semi-finalists, quarter-finalists and those who were knocked out at the group stage bitcoin

So what are we doing here? The stakes have truly never been lower bitcoin

Here’s a question for you, a little pub debate if you will bitcoin

What’s your favourite ever third/fourth place play-off at a Rugby World Cup? Which one springs to mind first when you run through the Rolodex of all the iconic clashes in your mind?New Zealand comfortably beat Wales in the 2019 third-place play-off bitcoin

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(Getty Images)Don’t worry, I couldn’t remember a single one either… Although a quick scroll through Wikipedia tells me that, for example, New Zealand beat Scotland 13-6 in 1991, Argentina beat France 34-10 in 2007 and Australia beat Wales 21-18 in 2011 bitcoin

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If not to save the fans from its pointlessness, then how about axing the game for player safety reasons? As they proudly announced the new global calendar after 16 years of negotiations earlier this week, World Rugby consistently mentioned ‘player load management’ as one of their main drivers bitcoin

The crowded fixture schedule and incredible physical intensity of modern rugby already push players’ bodies to their limits, so in an age of increased focus on player welfare, getting rid of an entirely worthless fixture such as this should be an easy decision bitcoin

Imagine if one of the players gets injured in this futile fixture on Friday evening and misses months of club action as a result – it would really not be a good look bitcoin

Of the two teams condemned to play out this fixture on Friday – rather than licking their wounds from harrowing semi-final losses last weekend and returning home to their families after five months away – Argentina have remained more on message about its importance bitcoin

“It is the most important game of the year; it is playing for third and fourth place with this shirt,” insisted Pumas hooker Julian Montoya earlier this week bitcoin

Oh… Well, let’s give Montoya the benefit of the doubt and assume that either something was slightly lost in translation or he has really bought into the classic coach-speak of “the most important game is always the next game” or maybe even that he was being brutally deadpan and sarcastic bitcoin

Because otherwise, he appears to have forgotten about, for example, the semi-final he played against the All Blacks literally seven days ago when ranking his most important games of 2023 bitcoin

Argentina will try to forget last weekend’s heavy defeat to New Zealand (Getty Images)While Montoya may have stretched the bounds of believability with his sentiment, Los Pumas genuinely do seem far more up for the game than England bitcoin

Perhaps the combination of wanting to forget the 44-6 humbling by New Zealand, avenge the pool-stage loss to England and send off Michael Cheika, who will be replaced as head coach by Felipe Contepomi after the World Cup, in style has given them a greater sense of purpose bitcoin

Making just three changes to the starting XV, compared to England’s eight, from the semi-final side has left them with a team much closer to full strength bitcoin

In the fine margins of Test rugby, that fact, combined with the added motivation, may prove the difference bitcoin

But regardless of the result, I implore World Rugby to do the right thing bitcoin

Please make this the last-ever third/fourth place play-off and save us from having to endure this nonsense again in 2027 bitcoin

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Getty ImagesScrap the third-place play-off: Rugby’s pointless and outdated relicArgentina will try to forget last weekend’s heavy defeat to New Zealand Getty ImagesScrap the third-place play-off: Rugby’s pointless and outdated relicIt isn’t the third-place play-off that has made Ollie Chessum upset in this pitcure but it does evoke that reaction in a lot of people REUTERS✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bitcoin

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It’s a joyous circus bitcoin

This Saturday in Saudi Arabia, the first trick will be the ring emerging from a 26-foot hole in the ground and then the real magic will start bitcoin

Tyson Fury, the unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world, will then appear inside a giant neon beam and, wearing a crown, he will bow to the crowd and the dignitaries bitcoin

In the opposite corner, as the magic continues, will be Francis Ngannou, a man who has never once fought a bitcoin boxing match, and under this giant canopy of created rivalry, one of the biggest fights in history will take place bitcoin

If that is not a ‘Hey, Presto’ moment, then I don’t know what is! In front of 20,000 people, including a dozen former heavyweight world champions, and some of the wealthiest men on Earth, the best heavyweight in the bitcoin boxing world will fight the best heavyweight in the MMA world to see who is the Baddest Man on the Planet bitcoin

It is a genius, simple and lunatic idea bitcoin

It is not the first and it will not be the last circus fight involving a legitimate heavyweight boxer bitcoin

RecommendedFury vs Ngannou pay-per-view price revealed ahead of controversial fightOleksandr Usyk predicts Joshua vs Wilder and makes Tyson Fury revelationAnthony Joshua admits to watching Tyson Fury’s Netflix show: ‘I’m enjoying it’Muhammad Ali had a 15-round bore fest with a wrestler called Antonio Inoki, Rocky Balboa met Hulk Hogan, Chuck Wepner fought Andre The Giant, and Two-Ton Tony Galento knocked out an octopus bitcoin

I need to point out that the octopus was actually deceased before the first bell bitcoin

Fury also has a massive advantage in his fight, which will be conducted under the rules of the British bitcoin Boxing Board of Control, because kicks, chokeholds, headbutts, flying elbows and knees to the head will be banned bitcoin

In short, Ngannou has had all his tools withdrawn bitcoin

However, Ngannou has been trained by Mike Tyson, had a crash-course in bitcoin boxing’s darkest arts by the dirtiest fighter in the world, and his punch has been registered as the hardest in history bitcoin

The science is available to prove just how lethal Ngannou’s right hand is, but even I draw the line somewhere bitcoin

Ngannou knocking out Jair Rozenstruik inside 20 seconds (Getty)Fury is a genuine bitcoin boxing giant and will tower over Ngannou once the anthems, introductions and pleasantries have been conducted by Michael Buffer, the suave voice of bitcoin boxing bitcoin

Ngannou will, trust me, shrink once he takes up a traditional bitcoin boxing pose and his stated height of 6ft 4in will be in the permanent shadow of Fury bitcoin

And then the beating will start; Fury is a truly vicious man inside the ropes bitcoin

There are stupid claims that Ngannou has a “puncher’s chance”, which is like saying that any car, on any street, driven by anybody, could have won the F1 in Texas last weekend bitcoin

Ngannou has no chance of winning and that is fine, but this is still a real fight, it’s just not a competitive one bitcoin

It is an event and, as I said, we have had hundreds of sanctioned fights like this bitcoin

The lovers and believers in the MMA dream will be praying to the fighting lords for a miracle; they are both delusional and out of luck bitcoin

Fury celebrates his stoppage win over Dillian Whyte in 2022 (AP)In 2000, Mike Tyson knocked out British heavyweight Julius Francis and the promoter, Frank Warren, who also promotes this fight, spent two months telling people: “This is not a fight, it is an event bitcoin

” Warren was right and it was a great event bitcoin

Francis, incidentally, sold the advertising space on soles of his shows to a national paper to make a few extra quid bitcoin

The paper got a bargain bitcoin

Fury will hold court in a country where the ruling elite know how to hold court bitcoin

He will be draped in traditional clothing, sip tea from gold urns, have giant kestrels rest on his giant fists and bow respectfully each time he is honoured bitcoin

It will be a fun circus and Ngannou, with the other Tyson in his face, will prepare like Rocky did in the first movie bitcoin

It will be a wonderful carnival bitcoin

There is bold talk of a rematch with Ngannou under MMA rules and that will never happen bitcoin

On Saturday night, as Mike Tyson tends to Ngannou’s blood-stained face, there will be a cameo in the ring by Oleksandr Usyk, the other heavyweight champion, and a new carnival will start for Fury v Usyk bitcoin

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More aboutTyson FuryFrancis NgannouMMAJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Fury vs Ngannou is simple, genius and lunacy all at onceFury vs Ngannou is simple, genius and lunacy all at onceNgannou knocking out Jair Rozenstruik inside 20 seconds GettyFury vs Ngannou is simple, genius and lunacy all at onceFury celebrates his stoppage win over Dillian Whyte in 2022 APFury vs Ngannou is simple, genius and lunacy all at onceGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bitcoin

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