Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
It's the grass, b. Aside from climate, Its well known that athletes perform better on their native grass as their body mechanics are more suited to the 'going' as it were.

Host nations always cover more ground. Look it up from any world cup, you'll see.
Well I'm convinced, p. Absolutely. It's all to do with the grass. Of course. Silly of me to think otherwise.