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Is the Six Nations Bigger than the Tri Nations?
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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 105807"><p>The same could have been said about the Springboks in 2003 who were shite in that Tri Nations yet they turned it around and won the following year. Same can be said of Wales, they were whitewashed in 2003 and 2 years later they won the grand slam, that shows the depth of the tournament. If you were to add Samoa, Tonga and Fiji to make it a SH Six Nations those teams would never have a chance of winning the tournament yet Italy now have a mathematical chance of taking the championship in only their 8th attempt. To me that shows that this tournament has stronger depth when the so called weakest team is in a position to win the thing. </p><p></p><p>The format and geography of Europe helps make the Six Nations a better tournament, it's easier for fans to travel to away matches, the atmosphere is better and you usually get 3 quality games each round as opposed to one in the Tri Nations often in front of less than capacity crowds. Now granted the Scots only fill their ground because of away fans but for the All Blacks not to have sold out a Bledisloe Cup match is quite worrying indeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 105807"] The same could have been said about the Springboks in 2003 who were shite in that Tri Nations yet they turned it around and won the following year. Same can be said of Wales, they were whitewashed in 2003 and 2 years later they won the grand slam, that shows the depth of the tournament. If you were to add Samoa, Tonga and Fiji to make it a SH Six Nations those teams would never have a chance of winning the tournament yet Italy now have a mathematical chance of taking the championship in only their 8th attempt. To me that shows that this tournament has stronger depth when the so called weakest team is in a position to win the thing. The format and geography of Europe helps make the Six Nations a better tournament, it's easier for fans to travel to away matches, the atmosphere is better and you usually get 3 quality games each round as opposed to one in the Tri Nations often in front of less than capacity crowds. Now granted the Scots only fill their ground because of away fans but for the All Blacks not to have sold out a Bledisloe Cup match is quite worrying indeed. [/QUOTE]
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