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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 919640" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Pretty much any one that isn't RWC, RC or 6N - although 3 match series still seem to be pretty competitive. I'll grant you that friendlies in rugby are usually a lot more competitive than football ones. </p><p></p><p>But June ones are often the worse. Argentina, Scotland and Italy for example rarely seem to try hard or field a full strength side. Yesterday's 'out of test window' matches are another example of a devalued international missing swathes of starting players so i wouldn't want to judge player performance off these sort of fixtures. The only November test I expect to be absolutely life or death is Italy vs Georgia next weekend. Everything else will be "planning for the RWC". </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it's a moot point. The award criteria is what it is and that's why I'm struggling so much to think!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 919640, member: 74121"] Pretty much any one that isn't RWC, RC or 6N - although 3 match series still seem to be pretty competitive. I'll grant you that friendlies in rugby are usually a lot more competitive than football ones. But June ones are often the worse. Argentina, Scotland and Italy for example rarely seem to try hard or field a full strength side. Yesterday's 'out of test window' matches are another example of a devalued international missing swathes of starting players so i wouldn't want to judge player performance off these sort of fixtures. The only November test I expect to be absolutely life or death is Italy vs Georgia next weekend. Everything else will be "planning for the RWC". Anyway, it's a moot point. The award criteria is what it is and that's why I'm struggling so much to think! [/QUOTE]
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