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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 1146180" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>Some are thankfully progressing (Georgia, Japan, Uruguay) others are lagging still (Namibia, Romania). Pacific Island teams have received a significant boost with the rule change and should remain competitive. </p><p></p><p>African rugby lack of development to a challenger to Namibia is concerning, given how weak they are, also given this tweet:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]17716[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>South American team development is looking good, North America will pick it up I'm sure with the strength of the MLR going and the hosting of their World Cup, and I do see the rest of Europe continuing to progress. I think there is definitely a reason to go to a 24 team tournament, but don't expand the number of African teams- or make them have to qualify through a final qualification tournament that isn't region specific. The evidence is clear that they are just not ready.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 1146180, member: 60236"] Some are thankfully progressing (Georgia, Japan, Uruguay) others are lagging still (Namibia, Romania). Pacific Island teams have received a significant boost with the rule change and should remain competitive. African rugby lack of development to a challenger to Namibia is concerning, given how weak they are, also given this tweet: [ATTACH type="full"]17716[/ATTACH] South American team development is looking good, North America will pick it up I’m sure with the strength of the MLR going and the hosting of their World Cup, and I do see the rest of Europe continuing to progress. I think there is definitely a reason to go to a 24 team tournament, but don’t expand the number of African teams- or make them have to qualify through a final qualification tournament that isn’t region specific. The evidence is clear that they are just not ready. [/QUOTE]
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