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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1205036" data-attributes="member: 73144">Laudable etc but the last thing the comp needs is more thrashings. Going that far down you've also probably got some proper player welfare issues of pros v semi pros / amateurs etc.Game's just not really widespread enough to expand the main comp with any credibility. The drop off's huge.To retain quality but yet incentivise I'd actually reduce it to 16 (4 pools of 4) and then perhaps have a secondary comp running alongside - maybe 2 pools of 4 or 6 depending on what the strength in depth is really like. I think there'd be more kudos and long term benefit from being in the mix for that than taking a kicking from Scotland's second string. Finalists to be guaranteed a RWC slot next time provided their world ranking's over a certain level.</blockquote>