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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 680523" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p>I simply don't buy this at all. Huge overreaction to what is just an experimental trial tournament. The point of it was to trial things out for the proper matches, rather than discovering what does or doesn't work, who is or isn't up to scratch in a match that actually means something. I will wait until Canada are falling over to USA in proper games regularly, or struggling to beat sides like Russia or Uruguay before pressing panic buttons.</p><p></p><p>As an aside I wish people would stop citing the IRB rankings as some sort of highly accurate gauge. This is a recent phenomenon, but they are a complete and utter pile of crap. Canada were technically ranked higher in the IRB rankings when they were losing 41-0 to Scotland, does that mean they are a worse side now than they were in 2008? When someone cites the IRB rankings as some sort of great indicator to back up their point, then you can just about guarantee they are talking ******.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 680523, member: 48703"] I simply don't buy this at all. Huge overreaction to what is just an experimental trial tournament. The point of it was to trial things out for the proper matches, rather than discovering what does or doesn't work, who is or isn't up to scratch in a match that actually means something. I will wait until Canada are falling over to USA in proper games regularly, or struggling to beat sides like Russia or Uruguay before pressing panic buttons. As an aside I wish people would stop citing the IRB rankings as some sort of highly accurate gauge. This is a recent phenomenon, but they are a complete and utter pile of crap. Canada were technically ranked higher in the IRB rankings when they were losing 41-0 to Scotland, does that mean they are a worse side now than they were in 2008? When someone cites the IRB rankings as some sort of great indicator to back up their point, then you can just about guarantee they are talking ******. [/QUOTE]
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