I know even less about rugby that football, but I'm sure I've seen loads of close games decided by kicks through bouncing along the ground.
One spins out just before the line, another sits up perfectly for the winger.
No way did the kicker have any control over that.
Um, that’s a pretty good job of missing the point you’re doing there, Anaconda. I said nothing about shock wins or the better team winning. I said that that football, unlike many other sports, is one where you can outplay the other team on the day and still lose. In this case, over two games.
How many rugby matches have you seen where one team comprehensively outplays the other on the day but still loses? I’ve never seen one, and I expect it happens but much less frequently than in football. Again this will mostly be the case in low scoring sports.