AFTER THE THRASHING, THE POST mortem. Do such mismatches damage the credibility of a World Cup? The beaten side didn’t score a point after the fifteenth minute and rarely looked competitive. Their discipline let them down and some felt they would benefit from demotion to a second-tier competition where they might have a chance. A bit rough on a country who had won the rugby World Cup twice.
Gloating is undignified — but wasn’t it lovely to see Australia walloped by Wales? With defeat to Fiji in their previous match, the Wallabies failed to reach the quarter-finals
