As if they needed any more motivation ahead of tonight’s game…
According to i100, the English economy would take a £3 billion hit if England were to lose their crunch clash with Australia tonight and exit the Rugby World Cup at the group stage.
Professor Alex Edmans of the London Business School said that if England exit the World Cup without making the quarter finals, stock market values would plunge as the competition affects investor mood.
“A rugby loss leads to a next day decline of 0.15 per cent, which is roughly £3bn when applied to the UK stock market,” he told i100.
We highly doubt that rugby players are motivated by stock market values but we expect that England will be fired up nonetheless with the mounting pressure and criticism heaped upon them this week.
We can’t wait for this evening’s kick-off…
