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Draw for future tournaments will be held closer to event to avoid group of death
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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 741318" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>I don't think things will change much any time soon. There are six teams in the Six Nations but Scotland and Italy are generally rubbish. Neither side has a great domestic set up and neither side seems to be improving at the youth level. The four Rugby Championship teams are always up there. The Pacific Islands are hit and miss. They never have a great build up between cups so it is all about how they can pull together. You would never count them out of the odd upset but they are just as likely to turn around and lose to Georgia. The USA/Canada are improving but need regular games against higher quality opposition. </p><p></p><p>In short, for a team to make the step up they need to be in the Rugby Championship or the Six Nations. That leaves only Scotland and Italy who can step up and neither seems likely at the moment. The Rugby Championship will almost certainly not be expanding and Six Nations expansion to include Georgia is not generally popular here. Besides, there are questions about how high Georgia's ceiling could be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 741318, member: 38439"] I don't think things will change much any time soon. There are six teams in the Six Nations but Scotland and Italy are generally rubbish. Neither side has a great domestic set up and neither side seems to be improving at the youth level. The four Rugby Championship teams are always up there. The Pacific Islands are hit and miss. They never have a great build up between cups so it is all about how they can pull together. You would never count them out of the odd upset but they are just as likely to turn around and lose to Georgia. The USA/Canada are improving but need regular games against higher quality opposition. In short, for a team to make the step up they need to be in the Rugby Championship or the Six Nations. That leaves only Scotland and Italy who can step up and neither seems likely at the moment. The Rugby Championship will almost certainly not be expanding and Six Nations expansion to include Georgia is not generally popular here. Besides, there are questions about how high Georgia's ceiling could be. [/QUOTE]
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