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Should the 6 nations be opened up
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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 749890" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>This again eh? People are operating under the assumption that getting into the 6N will suddenly make teams like Georgia or Romania a lot better by virtue of giving them more exposure to to higher level rugby. Well it wont. Look at Italy, they've been in the tournament for 15 years now and have made very little progress. If we're serious about advancing rugby in the tier two nations we need to work on improving the structures below the national team. Actively helping Romanian and Georgian players find professional contracts, investing heavily in youth structures, etc. would do more to help the emerging nations than simply throwing them to the wolves before they're ready.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the 6N can't support and more crap teams atm. Scotland and Italy will have to become regularly competitive before any expansion can be considered, and even then scheduling would make it very prohibitive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 749890, member: 22777"] This again eh? People are operating under the assumption that getting into the 6N will suddenly make teams like Georgia or Romania a lot better by virtue of giving them more exposure to to higher level rugby. Well it wont. Look at Italy, they've been in the tournament for 15 years now and have made very little progress. If we're serious about advancing rugby in the tier two nations we need to work on improving the structures below the national team. Actively helping Romanian and Georgian players find professional contracts, investing heavily in youth structures, etc. would do more to help the emerging nations than simply throwing them to the wolves before they're ready. Anyway, the 6N can't support and more crap teams atm. Scotland and Italy will have to become regularly competitive before any expansion can be considered, and even then scheduling would make it very prohibitive. [/QUOTE]
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