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<blockquote data-quote="Leinster Fan" data-source="post: 892067" data-attributes="member: 76349"><p>For what it's worth I think New Zealand and England will still be one and two respectively. Ireland will be the closest with France and South Africa in the same bracket as Ireland if they get their act together as both have the player base and talent but both have massive but solvable structural problems at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Can't see anything but Australia falling back into the pack sadly. Not going backwards at the same rate as the French and the Saffers but the Wallabies don't have the same mass following that the other counties have. They'll do alright for now but it's easy to see them not being able to produce the same talent they have now long term. </p><p></p><p>Spain seem to me like the Tier 2 team most likely to break through. Rugby seems to be taking off in a big way there and they've all but qualified for Japan which will give them a massive boost. The fact that they're a major western European country rather than an obscure ex-Soviet state will do them no end of good as well and could help Georgia break through because they'd be much harder for the 6N to ignore. Can see Germany going the sane way if they sort out the current dispute. </p><p></p><p>Japan should at least be competitive by that point and Fiji produce to much talent to ever actually be bad.</p><p></p><p>With all that in mind I can see something like this (assuming France and SA get their act together, put them four or five down otherwise)</p><p></p><p>1. New Zealand</p><p>2. England</p><p>3. Ireland</p><p>4. France</p><p>5. South Africa </p><p>6. Wales</p><p>7. Australia</p><p>8. Scotland</p><p>9. Argentina (Higher if they get a second franchise)</p><p>10. Fiji</p><p>11. Spain</p><p>12. Japan</p><p>13. Georgia</p><p>14. Tonga</p><p>15. Germany (if they sort their current problems out, otherwise Samoa)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leinster Fan, post: 892067, member: 76349"] For what it's worth I think New Zealand and England will still be one and two respectively. Ireland will be the closest with France and South Africa in the same bracket as Ireland if they get their act together as both have the player base and talent but both have massive but solvable structural problems at the moment. Can't see anything but Australia falling back into the pack sadly. Not going backwards at the same rate as the French and the Saffers but the Wallabies don't have the same mass following that the other counties have. They'll do alright for now but it's easy to see them not being able to produce the same talent they have now long term. Spain seem to me like the Tier 2 team most likely to break through. Rugby seems to be taking off in a big way there and they've all but qualified for Japan which will give them a massive boost. The fact that they're a major western European country rather than an obscure ex-Soviet state will do them no end of good as well and could help Georgia break through because they'd be much harder for the 6N to ignore. Can see Germany going the sane way if they sort out the current dispute. Japan should at least be competitive by that point and Fiji produce to much talent to ever actually be bad. With all that in mind I can see something like this (assuming France and SA get their act together, put them four or five down otherwise) 1. New Zealand 2. England 3. Ireland 4. France 5. South Africa 6. Wales 7. Australia 8. Scotland 9. Argentina (Higher if they get a second franchise) 10. Fiji 11. Spain 12. Japan 13. Georgia 14. Tonga 15. Germany (if they sort their current problems out, otherwise Samoa) [/QUOTE]
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