2023 RWC Buildup, Squads, Fixtures 'etc'

What is the equivalent of an 80 point beating in other sports? As in how uncompetitive the match is? We've seen a few 70, 80 and 2 90 point matches.

I was thinking about this yesterday compared to soccer. Soccer much more difficult to score than rugby at all levels, and setting up defensively can be seen as a clever strategy to maybe grab a draw. Can't do that in rugby.

So I decided in my own head that tries are twice as common as goals, so a 4 try to none win is like a 2-0 soccer win. Subjective I know. And probably factually incorrect. But just the nature of rugby games on average having more scores than soccer.

An 80 point score in rugby likely has 12 or 13 tries. Cut this in half and you're at 6 or 7. Sometimes the minnows get a try so it's like a 6-0 or 7-1 match something like that. And a 40 point win likewise would be a 3 goal win as regards how competitive the match is.

How often does 6 or 7 goals happen in a soccer world cup? Probably once, maybe twice a tournament. 3 goal wins, probably 6 times. A guess.

So rugby is certainly more uncompetitive at world cups. Mainly down to the bottom quarter of teams getting hammered multiple times, until Italy turned what should really be a 40 point game into almost 100.

It's also a fact that in rugby once a game is running away from you it's nearly impossible to muster the effort required to stem the tide, you need to attack to defend, in soccer you can crowd the goal mouth and stop things getting worse.