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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 681863" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>Discard the IRB rankings and focus your mind on what you've seen in the past 5 or 6 test matches from all 10 of the Tier 1 nations atm. Say, as of 2014, to give a setting. Based on the way teams <u>have played</u>, how would you rank them right now, before the November tests start ?</p><p>My ranking:</p><p>1 guess who-oo ? hehe haha HA hehe haha HA hehe haha HA hehehehehe... </p><p>2 Boks</p><p>3 Wallabies</p><p>4 England/Ireland tied. I've thought about it and because I'm a nice guy I'm making both parties happy.</p><p>6 Argentina</p><p>7 Wales</p><p>8 France</p><p>9 Scotland</p><p>10 Italy</p><p></p><p></p><p>The most ambiguous one to rank is certainly England-Ireland. Ireland beat the crap out of everyone in the 6N but then lost one. Then they managed a win in Paris. England beat the crap out of everyone but lost in Paris...and although head-to-head ENG beat IRE it was such a tight match, narrow score and England really looked ecstatic like they'd beaten the favorites. The attitude wasn't at all "yeh we've just won another one here at Twickers". Ireland had a pretty disappointing trip to Arg, and England a winless but very interesting tour of NZ. One gets a chance for greatness, the other doesn't. So not much really to be taken from that as the tours are incomparable. Right now, with everything in 2014 so far in a blender, I'd really put them both at about the same level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 681863, member: 57076"] Discard the IRB rankings and focus your mind on what you've seen in the past 5 or 6 test matches from all 10 of the Tier 1 nations atm. Say, as of 2014, to give a setting. Based on the way teams [U]have played[/U], how would you rank them right now, before the November tests start ? My ranking: 1 guess who-oo ? hehe haha HA hehe haha HA hehe haha HA hehehehehe... 2 Boks 3 Wallabies 4 England/Ireland tied. I've thought about it and because I'm a nice guy I'm making both parties happy. 6 Argentina 7 Wales 8 France 9 Scotland 10 Italy The most ambiguous one to rank is certainly England-Ireland. Ireland beat the crap out of everyone in the 6N but then lost one. Then they managed a win in Paris. England beat the crap out of everyone but lost in Paris...and although head-to-head ENG beat IRE it was such a tight match, narrow score and England really looked ecstatic like they'd beaten the favorites. The attitude wasn't at all "yeh we've just won another one here at Twickers". Ireland had a pretty disappointing trip to Arg, and England a winless but very interesting tour of NZ. One gets a chance for greatness, the other doesn't. So not much really to be taken from that as the tours are incomparable. Right now, with everything in 2014 so far in a blender, I'd really put them both at about the same level. [/QUOTE]
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