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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 544817" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p>Right ...</p><p></p><p>So this week the Portuguese champions CDUL beat Spanish champions Valladolid 24-11 in the Iberian Cup final last weekend.</p><p></p><p>... yet it is the Spanish league that gets a side in the Amlin Cup ...</p><p></p><p>... and not even the Spanish champions are in the Amlin Cup, the side that finished 5th from 10 are playing in the Amlin Cup as the top four in the Spanish league couldn't afford to play.</p><p></p><p>So the Spanish mid table side is in the tournament ahead of the Spanish champions, and the Spanish champions aren't as good as the Portuguese champions.</p><p></p><p>Anyway the Spanish mid table side still managed to beat one of Italy's four Amlin Cup sides Rovigo both home and away. The Romanian side Bucharest Wolves also beat the Italian champions Calvisano 42-27.</p><p></p><p>Yet the champions from the nation who has won 4 of the last 5 ENC tournaments is left out of the tournament is left out, in favour of 4 Italian sides who's champions can't beat the Romanian side, and another who can't beat the Spanish mid table side. Whilst Russia are also left aside, and they appeared in a World Cup more recently than Spain or Portugal and may be stronger than them domestically too.</p><p></p><p>It really is a big farce that the ERC continue to give Amlin Cup places to 4 Italian teams, when the best of them can't beat the Romanian team, and one of them can't beat the Spanish mid table side. It is also a joke that the Spanish mid table side gets a place ahead of the Portuguese champions who beat the Spanish league champions, and even more of a joke that the strongest Tier 2 European nation along with a nation that qualified as Europe 2 for the last World Cup are left out completely.</p><p></p><p>As well as being pants on the pitch look at the attendances of these Italian sides ...</p><p></p><p>Calvisano vs Bath = 800</p><p>Rovigo vs Gernika = 600</p><p>Mogliano vs Dragons = 885</p><p></p><p>Only Cavalieri Prato have got over 1,000 for all their home matches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 544817, member: 48703"] Right ... So this week the Portuguese champions CDUL beat Spanish champions Valladolid 24-11 in the Iberian Cup final last weekend. ... yet it is the Spanish league that gets a side in the Amlin Cup ... ... and not even the Spanish champions are in the Amlin Cup, the side that finished 5th from 10 are playing in the Amlin Cup as the top four in the Spanish league couldn't afford to play. So the Spanish mid table side is in the tournament ahead of the Spanish champions, and the Spanish champions aren't as good as the Portuguese champions. Anyway the Spanish mid table side still managed to beat one of Italy's four Amlin Cup sides Rovigo both home and away. The Romanian side Bucharest Wolves also beat the Italian champions Calvisano 42-27. Yet the champions from the nation who has won 4 of the last 5 ENC tournaments is left out of the tournament is left out, in favour of 4 Italian sides who's champions can't beat the Romanian side, and another who can't beat the Spanish mid table side. Whilst Russia are also left aside, and they appeared in a World Cup more recently than Spain or Portugal and may be stronger than them domestically too. It really is a big farce that the ERC continue to give Amlin Cup places to 4 Italian teams, when the best of them can't beat the Romanian team, and one of them can't beat the Spanish mid table side. It is also a joke that the Spanish mid table side gets a place ahead of the Portuguese champions who beat the Spanish league champions, and even more of a joke that the strongest Tier 2 European nation along with a nation that qualified as Europe 2 for the last World Cup are left out completely. As well as being pants on the pitch look at the attendances of these Italian sides ... Calvisano vs Bath = 800 Rovigo vs Gernika = 600 Mogliano vs Dragons = 885 Only Cavalieri Prato have got over 1,000 for all their home matches. [/QUOTE]
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