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[taniwharugby]

@Machpants having a Japanese side in super rugby is fine, so long as it is backed by Rugby Japan and it gets thier top players rather than the SW who were basically the red-headed step-child.

I think invite Japan and Fiji and then go home/away on alternate years, same format as 6N.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby Yeah happy with that too, but JRU are at fault, the way they didn;t do anything for SW, not SANZAAR

[sparky]

@jegga This Ugo Moyne piece has created discussions. Nothing formal yet but don't write it off entirely.

Oct 15, 2019  /  Sport

It is time to build on Japan’s success and start the Seven Nations | Ugo Monye

World Rugby is desperate to expand the sport and inviting the World Cup hosts into a long-established European competition would help do just that

[jegga]

@sparky said in Rankings:

@jegga This Ugo Moyne piece has created discussions. Nothing formal yet but don't write it off entirely.

Oct 15, 2019  /  Sport

It is time to build on Japan’s success and start the Seven Nations | Ugo Monye

World Rugby is desperate to expand the sport and inviting the World Cup hosts into a long-established European competition would help do just that

So an opinion piece in the Guardian? No one in 6n management?

[Machpants]

@jegga by an ex England player too🙄

[sparky]

@jegga Like I said nothing formal yet. But what Ugo is writing for the Guardian, his RFU friends are thinking about.

[jegga]

@sparky said in Rankings:

@jegga Like I said nothing formal yet. But what Ugo is writing for the Guardian, his RFU friends are thinking about.

I doubt that . They’d take South Africa before Japan

[sparky]

@jegga said in Rankings:

@sparky said in Rankings:

@jegga Like I said nothing formal yet. But what Ugo is writing for the Guardian, his RFU friends are thinking about.

I doubt that . They’d take South Africa before Japan

UK government are very keen on closer links to Japan at the moment. Part of their Global Britain, post-EU strategy.

Not saying it is definitely going to happen. But if SANZAAR make life hard for Japan, they will take their yen and millions of new Rugby fans elsewhere.

[jegga]

@sparky said in Rankings:

@jegga said in Rankings:

@sparky said in Rankings:

@jegga Like I said nothing formal yet. But what Ugo is writing for the Guardian, his RFU friends are thinking about.

I doubt that . They’d take South Africa before Japan

UK government are very keen on closer links to Japan at the moment. Part of their Global Britain, post-EU strategy.

Not saying it is going to happen. But if SANZAAR make life hard for Japan, they will take their yen and millions of new Rugby fans elsewhere.

Never going to happen.

[hydro11]

Japan still have to do it consistently and away from home to be regarded as a major force in rugby.

[Chester Draws]

Japan are in the wrong time zone for the 6 Nations.

Games playing in the middle of the night don't attract viewers.

[Bones]

@sparky well consider it done then eh! UK government are nothing if not efficient.

[Machpants]

First time for a while that the ranking look pretty accurate, probably a slight adjustment after Wales lose to Boks and it'll be correct!

[Duluth]

1. England - 92.29
2. South Africa - 90.71
3. New Zealand - 89.92
4. Wales - 87.21
5. Ireland - 84.45
6. Australia - 81.90
7. France - 80.88
8. Japan - 79.28
9. Scotland - 79.23
10. Argentina - 78.31

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12280269

[sparky]

@Duluth Australia should be above Ireland. Nothing between NZ and SA. Hard to argue about the rest.

[booboo]

Third

[Bovidae]

There is extra weighting for RWC games so that means more movement with wins or loses.

[Kruse]

@booboo said in Rankings:

Third

From what I can see... as long as we win against Wales, no matter what happens in the final - we'll move back to 2nd.
Yay. (heavy sarcasm)

[Machpants]

@Kruse yup. If England win as expected we should be second, as we beat SA already

[Kirwan]

When's the next match scheduled against England? The buildup to that will be huge.