Nations Cup Update—Close Games, Pool A Dominance, and Cards
World Rugby's Nations Cup is formatted by having all the teams in Pool A playing the teams in Pool B, and vice-versa.
So that ends up, sometimes, having lopsided pools, and that's how the Nations Cup started.
The opening round of the Nations Cup produced not only a 4-1-1 day for Pool A, but also a lot of interesting and close games.
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