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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1096975" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Pretty much full confirmation of next years expansion coming from the German union. Two groups, semis and finals. Relegation opportunity for the worst performing nation over a two year cycle. </p><p></p><p>Group 1: Georgia, Spain, Netherlands, Germany</p><p>Group 2: Romania, Portugal, Belgium, Poland</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rugbydeutschland.org/news/schwarze-adler-zuruck-in-rugby-europe-championship-34915/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>The tournament will now mix fully pro sides, semi pro and a couple of fully amateur nations. </p><p></p><p>I really liked the 6 team format with annual relegation and felt it led to competitive and enjoyable REC and the lower tier trophy with almost every game being meaningful and competitive. So personally I very much dislike this change with Poland and Germany having no RESC side it has come too early in my opinion. Germany travel to Georgia for their first match, which should get messy. </p><p></p><p>Hopefully my pessimism is misplaced and Germany and Poland have firm plans for an RESC side so will perhaps find a way to introduce a semi-pro setup prior to their admission to that tournament. Rugby Europe do seem to have become more polished in the past couple of years so perhaps I should be more trusting of their judgment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1096975, member: 74121"] Pretty much full confirmation of next years expansion coming from the German union. Two groups, semis and finals. Relegation opportunity for the worst performing nation over a two year cycle. Group 1: Georgia, Spain, Netherlands, Germany Group 2: Romania, Portugal, Belgium, Poland [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rugbydeutschland.org/news/schwarze-adler-zuruck-in-rugby-europe-championship-34915/[/URL] The tournament will now mix fully pro sides, semi pro and a couple of fully amateur nations. I really liked the 6 team format with annual relegation and felt it led to competitive and enjoyable REC and the lower tier trophy with almost every game being meaningful and competitive. So personally I very much dislike this change with Poland and Germany having no RESC side it has come too early in my opinion. Germany travel to Georgia for their first match, which should get messy. Hopefully my pessimism is misplaced and Germany and Poland have firm plans for an RESC side so will perhaps find a way to introduce a semi-pro setup prior to their admission to that tournament. Rugby Europe do seem to have become more polished in the past couple of years so perhaps I should be more trusting of their judgment. [/QUOTE]
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