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<blockquote data-quote="dragos03" data-source="post: 786117" data-attributes="member: 44724"><p>Great win for Brazil! I expected them to lose every match in this competition by a large margin. However, they did not win against the real USA team, it was obviously their 2nd or 3rd string squad (still a huge result for Brazil). </p><p> </p><p>It sucks that whenever the Tier 1 nations use their A team, it's named "Argentina XV", "Ireland Wolfhounds", "Emerging Italy", etc. Their ranking points are never at stake. When they lose, like for example Argentina XV was beaten 23-0 by Romania in June 2015, nobody cares or considers it relevant.</p><p></p><p> However, when Tier 2 nations use their A team, they are forced to label it as their full strength side and the results count for ranking purposes. Romania did it for the Nations Cup, Georgia for the Tbilisi Cup, USA and Canada for for American 6N and so on.</p><p></p><p> So basically, when Argentina A gets trashed 23-0 by Romania, nobody cares or credits the result. When USA A loses by one point to Brazil, it's considered a major SHOCK, the result makes the global headlines and the USA sinks in the world rankings. The usual disgusting double standards of rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragos03, post: 786117, member: 44724"] Great win for Brazil! I expected them to lose every match in this competition by a large margin. However, they did not win against the real USA team, it was obviously their 2nd or 3rd string squad (still a huge result for Brazil). It sucks that whenever the Tier 1 nations use their A team, it's named "Argentina XV", "Ireland Wolfhounds", "Emerging Italy", etc. Their ranking points are never at stake. When they lose, like for example Argentina XV was beaten 23-0 by Romania in June 2015, nobody cares or considers it relevant. However, when Tier 2 nations use their A team, they are forced to label it as their full strength side and the results count for ranking purposes. Romania did it for the Nations Cup, Georgia for the Tbilisi Cup, USA and Canada for for American 6N and so on. So basically, when Argentina A gets trashed 23-0 by Romania, nobody cares or credits the result. When USA A loses by one point to Brazil, it's considered a major SHOCK, the result makes the global headlines and the USA sinks in the world rankings. The usual disgusting double standards of rugby. [/QUOTE]
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