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<blockquote data-quote="dragos03" data-source="post: 795446" data-attributes="member: 44724"><p>Why a Georgian team? Every good Georgian player is in France so their domestic league is weak. When they played in the Challenge Cup qualifiers two years ago, a squad of the best players from the Georgian league named Tbilisi Caucasians was beaten both home and away by Italian club Rovigo and eliminated. To put it in perspective, Rovigo was absolutely destroyed this year by Romanian and Russian clubs. They lost 45-13 against Romanian club Timisoara Saracens and 31-0 and 39-5 against Russian club Enisey-STM.</p><p></p><p>It is Romanian and Russian clubs that deserve to play at a higher level. Romania and Russia have professional domestic leagues and 2-3 clubs from each of them have a decent standard. Clubs from these countries have played in the Challenge Cup before and have beaten French and English opponents.</p><p></p><p>But the Pro 12 will never expand anyway. Maybe they will even reduce the number of teams and kick out the Italians, who bring nothing to the competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragos03, post: 795446, member: 44724"] Why a Georgian team? Every good Georgian player is in France so their domestic league is weak. When they played in the Challenge Cup qualifiers two years ago, a squad of the best players from the Georgian league named Tbilisi Caucasians was beaten both home and away by Italian club Rovigo and eliminated. To put it in perspective, Rovigo was absolutely destroyed this year by Romanian and Russian clubs. They lost 45-13 against Romanian club Timisoara Saracens and 31-0 and 39-5 against Russian club Enisey-STM. It is Romanian and Russian clubs that deserve to play at a higher level. Romania and Russia have professional domestic leagues and 2-3 clubs from each of them have a decent standard. Clubs from these countries have played in the Challenge Cup before and have beaten French and English opponents. But the Pro 12 will never expand anyway. Maybe they will even reduce the number of teams and kick out the Italians, who bring nothing to the competition. [/QUOTE]
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