I don’t see the logic behind the new World Rugby sanctioned competition to include Canada and the United States of America (U.S.A.) in the Pacific series.
Canada and U.S.A. failed to qualify for the World Cup and the level displayed by Japan, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji was a class above.
Is it to benefit the Pacific teams or the Americans?
The right thing now would be to include Tier 1 teams – Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, and Fiji in a Southern Hemisphere competition.
Tier 2 to include Samoa, Japan, Tonga, U.S.A., and Canada in a new Pacific series.
With these series running together on a promotion/relegation basis for the following year, I can only imagine the level of rugby displayed with teams from Tier 1 avoiding being relegated and teams from Tier 2 striving to be promoted.
Wishful thinking!
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