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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 446257" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>It would take a LOT away from the world cup;</p><p></p><p></p><p>- the festival atmosphere has a lot to do with the size of the player pool and the diversity of cultures/nations represented</p><p></p><p>- it's the only time that the we and the IRB get to see the sort of 'mismatches' that don't usually occur and it is a good barometer of measuring the success/failure of development attempt by the IRB and the 'smaller' rugby nations themselves</p><p></p><p>- only having 8 teams would deny the Fiji's, Samoa's and Japans (only examples) of the world that chance to cause an upset and go through to the play-offs which happens just about every world cup; you're idea would have denied Argentina their 3rd place last RWC in France.</p><p></p><p>- having all teams possibly capable of reaching the play-offs rather than just cherry-picking 8 lends more legitimacy to the tournament as a WORLD cup</p><p></p><p>- it gives 'smaller' teams a chance to not only measure themselves against the best but to learn from them</p><p></p><p>- money wise (and yes the IRB needs to make money to develop the game) the tournament would be a lot less financally feasible with less matches and a lesser audience base (particularly TV audiences) both of which would be the case with an 8 team tournament.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's just some points from the top of my head. I'm open to debate though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 446257, member: 39190"] It would take a LOT away from the world cup; - the festival atmosphere has a lot to do with the size of the player pool and the diversity of cultures/nations represented - it's the only time that the we and the IRB get to see the sort of 'mismatches' that don't usually occur and it is a good barometer of measuring the success/failure of development attempt by the IRB and the 'smaller' rugby nations themselves - only having 8 teams would deny the Fiji's, Samoa's and Japans (only examples) of the world that chance to cause an upset and go through to the play-offs which happens just about every world cup; you're idea would have denied Argentina their 3rd place last RWC in France. - having all teams possibly capable of reaching the play-offs rather than just cherry-picking 8 lends more legitimacy to the tournament as a WORLD cup - it gives 'smaller' teams a chance to not only measure themselves against the best but to learn from them - money wise (and yes the IRB needs to make money to develop the game) the tournament would be a lot less financally feasible with less matches and a lesser audience base (particularly TV audiences) both of which would be the case with an 8 team tournament. That's just some points from the top of my head. I'm open to debate though. [/QUOTE]
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