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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 650349" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>This actually does exist, and wouldn't differ too drastically from what the ECC rankings are: <a href="http://www.eurorugby.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.eurorugby.com/index.php</a></p><p></p><p>For example, their tiers would be:</p><p></p><p>Tier 1: Toulon, Leinster, Saints, Saracens, Glasgow</p><p>Tier 2: Munster, Bath, Ulster, Leicester, Quins</p><p>Tier 3: Clermont, Racing, Castres, Montpellier, Toulouse</p><p>Tier 4: Sale, Scarlets, Ospreys, Wasps, Treviso</p><p></p><p>Compare this to the ECC tiers:</p><p></p><p>Tier 1: Saracens, Leinster, Toulon, Glasgow, Saints</p><p>Tier 2: Munster, Castres, Leicester, Montpellier, Racing</p><p>Tier 3: Clermont, Quins, Ulster, Bath, Ospreys</p><p>Tier 4: Sale, Wasps, Scarlets, Toulouse, Treviso</p><p></p><p>So tier one is identical, while tier four differs only by one side (Toulouse instead of Ospreys.) Obviously tiers two and three are more mixed, but this is due to the semi-random nature of the ECC draw, with teams dropping between pools essentially based on the order that they're drawn on. However, given that most of the sides in these two tiers are of comparable strength (Clermont being a possible outlier) this shouldn't have a large effect, given that the upper and lower boundaries (ie. tiers one and four) are essentially fixed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 650349, member: 22777"] This actually does exist, and wouldn't differ too drastically from what the ECC rankings are: [url]http://www.eurorugby.com/index.php[/url] For example, their tiers would be: Tier 1: Toulon, Leinster, Saints, Saracens, Glasgow Tier 2: Munster, Bath, Ulster, Leicester, Quins Tier 3: Clermont, Racing, Castres, Montpellier, Toulouse Tier 4: Sale, Scarlets, Ospreys, Wasps, Treviso Compare this to the ECC tiers: Tier 1: Saracens, Leinster, Toulon, Glasgow, Saints Tier 2: Munster, Castres, Leicester, Montpellier, Racing Tier 3: Clermont, Quins, Ulster, Bath, Ospreys Tier 4: Sale, Wasps, Scarlets, Toulouse, Treviso So tier one is identical, while tier four differs only by one side (Toulouse instead of Ospreys.) Obviously tiers two and three are more mixed, but this is due to the semi-random nature of the ECC draw, with teams dropping between pools essentially based on the order that they're drawn on. However, given that most of the sides in these two tiers are of comparable strength (Clermont being a possible outlier) this shouldn't have a large effect, given that the upper and lower boundaries (ie. tiers one and four) are essentially fixed. [/QUOTE]
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