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<blockquote data-quote="Brigantine" data-source="post: 865141" data-attributes="member: 73940"><p>Tonga secures a losing bonus point vs Fiji - so Fiji has secured the Oceania 1 spot in Pool D with Australia, Wales and Georgia (making Fiji favourites for 2023 AQ). They win 0.74 RP, taking them just 0.70 RP short of Argentina <span style="font-size: 10px">(still too far to close the gap next week vs Samoa - only 0.68 RP available)</span>, 0.83 RP short of France, and 2.93 RP short of Wales (meaning on paper, Fiji with home advantage would be the favourite vs Wales on tour). It also puts them a full 5 RP clear of the rest of tier 2.</p><p></p><p>The pressure is on Samoa to also secure at least a bonus point. Or at least it *would* be, if losing wouldn't make them favourites to get into a better pool.</p><p></p><p>In other news, Ivory coast is eliminated by Morocco and Kenya scores 100 points vs Tunisia.</p><p></p><p>So it's now:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">17 - 17 countries that had guaranteed spaces in the final 23 including:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">12 - 12 Automatic Qualifiers direct to the RWC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">14 - USA and Fiji have secured direct qualification</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">17 - Tonga, Samoa and Canada can all still qualify directly, and have the Repechage Tournament as a worst-case scenario</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">18 - Uruguay earned the spot for the Americas. They may qualify directly, but the Repechage Tournament is their worst-case scenario<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">29 - 11 more countries from Europe (5) and Africa (6) are still able to qualify directly, as well as having the Repechage Tournament as Plan B</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">37 - 8 further countries are able to qualify for the Repechage Tournament, with no other path to the RWC. (Portugal, Czechia, Morocco, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Cook Islands, Tahiti)</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">53 countries eliminated</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brigantine, post: 865141, member: 73940"] Tonga secures a losing bonus point vs Fiji - so Fiji has secured the Oceania 1 spot in Pool D with Australia, Wales and Georgia (making Fiji favourites for 2023 AQ). They win 0.74 RP, taking them just 0.70 RP short of Argentina [SIZE=2](still too far to close the gap next week vs Samoa - only 0.68 RP available)[/SIZE], 0.83 RP short of France, and 2.93 RP short of Wales (meaning on paper, Fiji with home advantage would be the favourite vs Wales on tour). It also puts them a full 5 RP clear of the rest of tier 2. The pressure is on Samoa to also secure at least a bonus point. Or at least it *would* be, if losing wouldn't make them favourites to get into a better pool. In other news, Ivory coast is eliminated by Morocco and Kenya scores 100 points vs Tunisia. So it's now: [LIST] [*]17 - 17 countries that had guaranteed spaces in the final 23 including: [LIST] [*]12 - 12 Automatic Qualifiers direct to the RWC [*]14 - USA and Fiji have secured direct qualification [*]17 - Tonga, Samoa and Canada can all still qualify directly, and have the Repechage Tournament as a worst-case scenario [/LIST] [*]18 - Uruguay earned the spot for the Americas. They may qualify directly, but the Repechage Tournament is their worst-case scenario [*]29 - 11 more countries from Europe (5) and Africa (6) are still able to qualify directly, as well as having the Repechage Tournament as Plan B [*]37 - 8 further countries are able to qualify for the Repechage Tournament, with no other path to the RWC. (Portugal, Czechia, Morocco, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Cook Islands, Tahiti) [/LIST] [LIST] [*]53 countries eliminated [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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