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Rugby World Cup 2015
The World Cup format, going forward
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 756198" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>If that format was to run today, could you give us an example of how the draw could look please [USER=73342]@vasysm[/USER]? While the gap between the big boys and the rest is closing, quality does appear to drop off in the late teens in the world rankings. It strikes me that this format could lead to a lot of mismatches meaning few "big games" early in the tournament and a tournament that only really wakes up in the last few weeks.</p><p></p><p>Ignoring whether it is a good idea or not, sorry for sounding too negative, but I'm a realist and well aware that the RWC is a cash cow in a professional sport, the most important question that your idea needs to be able to answer before it could ever have legs is how will you make up for the shortfall in revenue resulting from losing a pool game for the big nations and having said nations playing in less valuable time slots? In terms of this World Cup, it would take a heck of a lot of mid-week, 4.45pm Sandy Park or Kingsholm matches to match the profits of an England match at Twickenham on a Saturday night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 756198, member: 58362"] If that format was to run today, could you give us an example of how the draw could look please [USER=73342]@vasysm[/USER]? While the gap between the big boys and the rest is closing, quality does appear to drop off in the late teens in the world rankings. It strikes me that this format could lead to a lot of mismatches meaning few "big games" early in the tournament and a tournament that only really wakes up in the last few weeks. Ignoring whether it is a good idea or not, sorry for sounding too negative, but I'm a realist and well aware that the RWC is a cash cow in a professional sport, the most important question that your idea needs to be able to answer before it could ever have legs is how will you make up for the shortfall in revenue resulting from losing a pool game for the big nations and having said nations playing in less valuable time slots? In terms of this World Cup, it would take a heck of a lot of mid-week, 4.45pm Sandy Park or Kingsholm matches to match the profits of an England match at Twickenham on a Saturday night. [/QUOTE]
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