RugbyRebels

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:56 pm

Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:38 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:59 pm

Eh - I can see the argument for it, but personally I appreciate the rankings taking the position that a close loss is a loss and deserves no reward.

Puja

Still haunted by England's last game, eh?

A win's a win!

Puja

Indeed . But seriously, my point is that if team A has 20 more ranking points than team B, but only beats B by 1 point, that suggests they should be closer in ranking. So A should lose some points to B to make them closer. It's not punishment - it's getting the ranking points to reflect reality a bit better. NB the system already does this for draws (ie transfers points from the higher ranked team to the lower) - I'm saying let's try to do this for all results.