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USA Eagles -vs- All Blacks (24/10/21) 8.30am NZT
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<blockquote data-quote="die_mole" data-source="post: 1059332" data-attributes="member: 73648"><p>Lines on the pitch should not be a reason against the US holding the World Cup. We don't hold it against other countries that they share grounds with other codes so there 's no reason to hold it against the US. The bigger issues are geography and the traditional time the World Cup is held. We are an awful country to tour because we are so huge and the only parts of the country worth visiting have a whole lot of nothing in between them. Secondly, it would have to be a spring World Cup as to avoid football and to avoid playing in god awful heat. The early world cups were May to June but recent ones have all been ending around October. It would have to be played April to June.</p><p></p><p>Would I trust USA Rugby to host a World Cup, Hell No, I'm amazed they got me in and out of South Africa. But I would trust World Rugby to host a quality event and work out the logistics if it something they cared about. Additionally, is rugby gonna boom in the United States overnight? Again, no. But no sane person thinks it will. But there is an opportunity to make small gains over time and you aren't going to make any if you don't try.</p><p></p><p>Back to the test game, which this thread is about. It's not pointless, it's important for tier 2s to get looks at tier 1 quality (maybe it should be their second sides but that's a different discussion). Again, let's hope the boys and staff learned their lessons and Gold watches 16 hours of tape on Chile a day til next summer. AJ needs to get healthy or we will be playing in the repechage. I'm glad to see rugby growing with our Southern Hemisphere brothers, hopefully we can build some great rivalries and they can get the Tier 1 tests they deserve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="die_mole, post: 1059332, member: 73648"] Lines on the pitch should not be a reason against the US holding the World Cup. We don't hold it against other countries that they share grounds with other codes so there 's no reason to hold it against the US. The bigger issues are geography and the traditional time the World Cup is held. We are an awful country to tour because we are so huge and the only parts of the country worth visiting have a whole lot of nothing in between them. Secondly, it would have to be a spring World Cup as to avoid football and to avoid playing in god awful heat. The early world cups were May to June but recent ones have all been ending around October. It would have to be played April to June. Would I trust USA Rugby to host a World Cup, Hell No, I'm amazed they got me in and out of South Africa. But I would trust World Rugby to host a quality event and work out the logistics if it something they cared about. Additionally, is rugby gonna boom in the United States overnight? Again, no. But no sane person thinks it will. But there is an opportunity to make small gains over time and you aren't going to make any if you don't try. Back to the test game, which this thread is about. It's not pointless, it's important for tier 2s to get looks at tier 1 quality (maybe it should be their second sides but that's a different discussion). Again, let's hope the boys and staff learned their lessons and Gold watches 16 hours of tape on Chile a day til next summer. AJ needs to get healthy or we will be playing in the repechage. I'm glad to see rugby growing with our Southern Hemisphere brothers, hopefully we can build some great rivalries and they can get the Tier 1 tests they deserve. [/QUOTE]
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