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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 560799" data-attributes="member: 12699"><p>I will throw my input on this whole new "latest and greatest" tournament that we have been given the opportunity to participate in. I don't like format of this one bit and I really think this tournament is going to end up being a flop. What we need in NA is some sort of continuity to our competitions. I personally think we should be working with our brothers in CONSUR to develop our own competition. Seeing as how we have to play South American teams anyways for RWC qualification we should focus on developing a tournament with South American countries. The Americas Rugby Championship is a great platform for this and they should move it to either June or the RC timeframe and make it a four way tournament between US, Canada, Uruguay and Chile. We could also use the tournament as a way of determining qualifiers for the RWC. </p><p></p><p>Now you might be thinking this would exclude lower-ranked teams; however, playing in the Americas Rugby championship would not be guaranteed and you could have a NACRA and CONSUR division where the winners of both division would play each other with the winner playing a one off against the bottom ARC team to determine who would play in the next years ARC. I think we need to stop looking for bandaid solutions in Canada and the US and move to strengthen our existing competitions and doing our part to help develop rugby within the region.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 560799, member: 12699"] I will throw my input on this whole new "latest and greatest" tournament that we have been given the opportunity to participate in. I don't like format of this one bit and I really think this tournament is going to end up being a flop. What we need in NA is some sort of continuity to our competitions. I personally think we should be working with our brothers in CONSUR to develop our own competition. Seeing as how we have to play South American teams anyways for RWC qualification we should focus on developing a tournament with South American countries. The Americas Rugby Championship is a great platform for this and they should move it to either June or the RC timeframe and make it a four way tournament between US, Canada, Uruguay and Chile. We could also use the tournament as a way of determining qualifiers for the RWC. Now you might be thinking this would exclude lower-ranked teams; however, playing in the Americas Rugby championship would not be guaranteed and you could have a NACRA and CONSUR division where the winners of both division would play each other with the winner playing a one off against the bottom ARC team to determine who would play in the next years ARC. I think we need to stop looking for bandaid solutions in Canada and the US and move to strengthen our existing competitions and doing our part to help develop rugby within the region. [/QUOTE]
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