Sentence examples for pool stage from inspiring English sources

Simon Burnton The pool stage is undeniably overlong.

A pool stage leads on to the knockouts.

During the pool stage there was an audience peak of two million on terrestrial TV.

Webb's injury, though, will rule him out of the pool stage.

England failed even to escape the pool stage at the 1999 World Cup.

He spoke from experience, after losing at Perpignan in the pool stage last year.

England was unimpressive in the pool stage, progressing only after a rainout against junior nation Ireland.

After struggling in the pool stage, it won its next five matches resoundingly.

We have to play better than the rugby we played against them in the pool stage".

Would have been a different team after the pool stage, but New Zealand timed their run perfectly.

But for sheer jaw dropping sporting drama had to be Japan's shock pool stage win over South Africa.