{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/653689378552a000123c2212?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rugby World Cup semis: a good advert for rugby? Nathan Johns of the Irish Times takes us through all the actions and all of the issues","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/1698072702363-24912f429606ebbde3f7163401bdab88.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nathan Johns @nathanrjohns of the Irish Times discusses all of the action in this weekend's quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup.</p><p><br></p><p>One unfancied team making the semis is ok, two reveals poor RWC seeding &amp; planning. But Nathan convincingly argues that calibrating these things is difficult.</p><p><br></p><p>Nathan persuades Chris that the 'technical' aspects of the game are as important as the flashier, more 'entertaining' stuff.</p><p><br></p><p>But isn't rugby all about tries?</p><p><br></p><p>What about the big one, the final?</p>","author_name":"Jim Power & Chris Johns"}