Springboks and Nationals show momentum in sport is overrated

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The Rugby World Cup final and baseball’s World Series went against the form book, and most academics regard momentum as a trick of the mind

“Never underestimate the value of momentum.” That’s what Sir Clive Woodward advised after England’s rugby players lacerated Australia a fortnight ago. And how wise those words seemed when New Zealand were also scattered and flayed, and it seemed England’s name was all but engraved on the Webb Ellis Cup. And then, without warning, the team’s hot hand turned Arctic and the World Cup was ripped from their grasp by South Africa.

 

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