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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1067921" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>I thought a thread to discuss the gap between Tiers 1&2 and Tiers2&3 would be worthwhile. The definition of Tiers varies and broadly coincides with how many votes a union has on the World Council (0, 1, 2 or 3).</p><p></p><p>To try and lay things out simply (unless corrected!) I would propose:</p><p></p><p>Tier1: has access to 6 Nations or The Rugby Championship and has at least one professional club side.</p><p></p><p>Tier2: has access to 6N or TRC OR has at least one professional or semi-pro club side (hypothetical, but I would argue this would include Argentina if the Jaguares closed down).</p><p></p><p>Tier3: amateur </p><p></p><p>There is a lot of politics behind all this, which I won't get bogged down with here. I will flag up that of the Tier2s, the Pacific Islands, Japan, USA and Canada are all given preferential treatment by Tier1s and increased exposure to Tier1 fixtures regardless of their ranking. </p><p></p><p>The San Francisco Agreement was a huge step in improving potential movement between Tiers by opening up access to Tier1 fixtures to two further Tier2s nations based on world ranking (currently Georgia and Romania). This agreement is in place until 2032 so provides a long term foundation for Tier2s to improve their level and makes matches between Tier2s more spicey as they all fight for access to Tier1 fixtures. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/232038[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1067921, member: 74121"] I thought a thread to discuss the gap between Tiers 1&2 and Tiers2&3 would be worthwhile. The definition of Tiers varies and broadly coincides with how many votes a union has on the World Council (0, 1, 2 or 3). To try and lay things out simply (unless corrected!) I would propose: Tier1: has access to 6 Nations or The Rugby Championship and has at least one professional club side. Tier2: has access to 6N or TRC OR has at least one professional or semi-pro club side (hypothetical, but I would argue this would include Argentina if the Jaguares closed down). Tier3: amateur There is a lot of politics behind all this, which I won't get bogged down with here. I will flag up that of the Tier2s, the Pacific Islands, Japan, USA and Canada are all given preferential treatment by Tier1s and increased exposure to Tier1 fixtures regardless of their ranking. The San Francisco Agreement was a huge step in improving potential movement between Tiers by opening up access to Tier1 fixtures to two further Tier2s nations based on world ranking (currently Georgia and Romania). This agreement is in place until 2032 so provides a long term foundation for Tier2s to improve their level and makes matches between Tier2s more spicey as they all fight for access to Tier1 fixtures. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/232038[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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