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JonM

JonM

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On 19/09/2023 at 13:53, Sports Prophet said:

Fiji have never made a RWC semi and have only made the quarters twice.

Still, RU is more popular.

They did get their first ever Olympic gold medal in Rugby Union in 2016 and their only other gold medal in Rugby Union in the 2020 games (plus a Bronze for the women, in Rugby Union). Not to mention being 4 times winners of the RU World Sevens series. 

Most of the current Fijiian RUWC squad plays in Europe AIUI.

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Big Picture

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1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Oops, didn't spot the extra "w".

Yes, things are uneven, but an expansion of this scale needs time for everything to settle down and the weaker teams to find their feet and sign/develop talent. This is more likely in Australia than the UK.

Expansion the North American way, i.e. with an expansion draft etc., doesn't have that problem because it evens out the playing talent so the expansion teams can compete.

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Anita Bath

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2 hours ago, Big Picture said:

Expansion the North American way, i.e. with an expansion draft etc., doesn't have that problem because it evens out the playing talent so the expansion teams can compete.

Expansion drafts would probably be thrown out by courts in UK (and Australia for that matter). Labour laws much stronger than in North America.

 

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