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<blockquote data-quote="calculon" data-source="post: 439051" data-attributes="member: 54570">yes, but it&#039;s a site developed by gamers - what do u expect! &nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s probably true, but not ignored - just chop off x amount for tag etc.&nbsp;#Senior players looks slightly close to the way things are now, if you exclude the rift between SH + NH at least .... I&#039;d say (teens/2 + senior)&nbsp; might be a good gist of how to compare things in the next world cup and (pre-teens/2 + teens + senior/2) a good way for the world cup after. They&#039;re just little makey-uppy equations I came up with just now lol&nbsp;It&#039;s obviously just speculation though. Also, you have to take into consideration how advanced the youth academies are in each country, standard of club leagues, and lots of other things. I think Ireland do look like the main challenger to the traditional dominance of England and France for the next decade at least, and the signs of that are already here. That should be a good thing, as increased competition in th NH should help to close the gap between NH + SH teams. The rise of teams like the US also can&#039;t be ignored, although they should still be a ways off for the moment.EditHere&#039;s a rough ballpark guesstimate of the number of potential senior players available to each of the countries listed for RWC 2015:I used no. of senior players + no. of teen players / 2&nbsp;England 166762 + 1545233/2 = 939378&nbsp;South Africa 109878 + 193411/2 = 206583&nbsp;France 110270 + 50651/2 = 135595&nbsp;Ireland 25440 + 57867/2 = 54373&nbsp;Australia 39380 + 19239/2 = 48999&nbsp;New Zealand 27374 + 39317/2 = 47032&nbsp;Wales 22408 + 14500/2 = 29658&nbsp;Italy 15848 + 17220/2 = 24458&nbsp;Scotland 11687 + 15009/2 = 19191&nbsp;Samoa 7690 + 1792/2 = 8586&nbsp;Of course this will probably have no bearing on RWC2015. The Southern hemisphere nations will still probably be seeded 1-3!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="calculon, post: 439051, member: 54570"] yes, but it's a site developed by gamers - what do u expect! That's probably true, but not ignored - just chop off x amount for tag etc. #Senior players looks slightly close to the way things are now, if you exclude the rift between SH + NH at least .... I'd say (teens/2 + senior) might be a good gist of how to compare things in the next world cup and (pre-teens/2 + teens + senior/2) a good way for the world cup after. They're just little makey-uppy equations I came up with just now lol It's obviously just speculation though. Also, you have to take into consideration how advanced the youth academies are in each country, standard of club leagues, and lots of other things. I think Ireland do look like the main challenger to the traditional dominance of England and France for the next decade at least, and the signs of that are already here. That should be a good thing, as increased competition in th NH should help to close the gap between NH + SH teams. The rise of teams like the US also can't be ignored, although they should still be a ways off for the moment. Edit Here's a rough ballpark guesstimate of the number of [B]potential [/B]senior players available to each of the countries listed for RWC 2015: I used no. of senior players + no. of teen players / 2 England 166762 + 1545233/2 = 939378 South Africa 109878 + 193411/2 = 206583 France 110270 + 50651/2 = 135595 Ireland 25440 + 57867/2 = 54373 Australia 39380 + 19239/2 = 48999 New Zealand 27374 + 39317/2 = 47032 Wales 22408 + 14500/2 = 29658 Italy 15848 + 17220/2 = 24458 Scotland 11687 + 15009/2 = 19191 Samoa 7690 + 1792/2 = 8586 Of course this will probably have no bearing on RWC2015. The Southern hemisphere nations will still probably be seeded 1-3! [/QUOTE]

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