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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 935770" data-attributes="member: 74121">Absolutely WD2000 (so much better than WD40, like Terminator T-1000 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). But football has professional football across the world, whereas professionalism is limited in rugby. It will be a big deal for rugby if Pro rugby in North America brings major benefits for player development and international performance for US and Canada. If, like Romania and Russia, it only helps in slightly closing the gap to Tier1 then it is difficult to see gaps closing in all but the longest of time frames. 7s is obviously a completely different sport, but skill and fitness are still vital. Yet it has Chile drawing with SA and PNG defeating France. It never ceases to amaze me how hard upset victories are in international XVs compared to 7s. Look at the upsets in Super Rugby this season as an example of how it shouldn&#039;t be so darn hard. In internationals each upset is like a minor miracle to cherish.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 935770, member: 74121"] Absolutely WD2000 (so much better than WD40, like Terminator T-1000 :p). But football has professional football across the world, whereas professionalism is limited in rugby. It will be a big deal for rugby if Pro rugby in North America brings major benefits for player development and international performance for US and Canada. If, like Romania and Russia, it only helps in slightly closing the gap to Tier1 then it is difficult to see gaps closing in all but the longest of time frames. 7s is obviously a completely different sport, but skill and fitness are still vital. Yet it has Chile drawing with SA and PNG defeating France. It never ceases to amaze me how hard upset victories are in international XVs compared to 7s. Look at the upsets in Super Rugby this season as an example of how it shouldn't be so darn hard. In internationals each upset is like a minor miracle to cherish. [/QUOTE]

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