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<blockquote data-quote="miccloarch" data-source="post: 1151674" data-attributes="member: 78309"><p>Football is very different and much more open. Morocco made the SF last time out. Surprise semi finalists are actually a regular occurrence: Croatia 1998, Korea 2002, Turkey 2002, Uruguay 2010, Croatia again in 2018. It's not fair to compare to football either because it's a much more popular sport and of course a lot more money involved. The format of the tournament is better though (well, the 2026 format is a bit of sh!tshow but that's another story). </p><p></p><p>Definitely not expecting the likes of Fiji, Italy, Japan and Georgia to win World Cups, only to be allowed to compete. Fiji always have decent teams. Italy have been up and down for two decades since expanding the 5N for a lot of reasons but they clearly have the ability and the cattle to be in the mix with Scotland and Wales at least. Put some jeopardy on the wooden spoon is all I'm saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miccloarch, post: 1151674, member: 78309"] Football is very different and much more open. Morocco made the SF last time out. Surprise semi finalists are actually a regular occurrence: Croatia 1998, Korea 2002, Turkey 2002, Uruguay 2010, Croatia again in 2018. It's not fair to compare to football either because it's a much more popular sport and of course a lot more money involved. The format of the tournament is better though (well, the 2026 format is a bit of sh!tshow but that's another story). Definitely not expecting the likes of Fiji, Italy, Japan and Georgia to win World Cups, only to be allowed to compete. Fiji always have decent teams. Italy have been up and down for two decades since expanding the 5N for a lot of reasons but they clearly have the ability and the cattle to be in the mix with Scotland and Wales at least. Put some jeopardy on the wooden spoon is all I'm saying. [/QUOTE]
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