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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 767308" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p>Well yes, but they had a naff coach and an ageing team with several key players past their best in 2011. Now they have a younger side with much promise, but I would still far rather be in the position of the 6 Nations right now, and I wouldn't be get overly carried away with this RWC if I were the SANZAR nations. It's NZ who are dominating and producing great depth, the others are beatable and under pressure from the money at European clubs that will bite away at them gradually. I'd be more worried for their future in terms of the finances than any of the NH.</p><p></p><p>And anyway, regardless, I enjoy the club game equally to international personally. The last thing I would want to see is a neutered watered down club game that was solely to feed an international side. If you swapped out the atmosphere, history and vibrancy Clermont or Toulon bring to the sport in favour of some empty boring franchise shît as a feeder for national sides then I personally wouldn't bother watching domestic rugby so much any more. It simply doesn't happen, mainly because it's a ghastly idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 767308, member: 48703"] Well yes, but they had a naff coach and an ageing team with several key players past their best in 2011. Now they have a younger side with much promise, but I would still far rather be in the position of the 6 Nations right now, and I wouldn't be get overly carried away with this RWC if I were the SANZAR nations. It's NZ who are dominating and producing great depth, the others are beatable and under pressure from the money at European clubs that will bite away at them gradually. I'd be more worried for their future in terms of the finances than any of the NH. And anyway, regardless, I enjoy the club game equally to international personally. The last thing I would want to see is a neutered watered down club game that was solely to feed an international side. If you swapped out the atmosphere, history and vibrancy Clermont or Toulon bring to the sport in favour of some empty boring franchise shît as a feeder for national sides then I personally wouldn't bother watching domestic rugby so much any more. It simply doesn't happen, mainly because it's a ghastly idea. [/QUOTE]
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