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I'm not saying you wouldn't get some ugly scorelines early in that type of comp, you could imagine Japan getting caught cold in their first game and getting banjaxed. It would bed in though.

Seems to be a huge fan base in Japan and the Fijian fans have always looked mental. Good mental.

They were probably the form team of the 2019 RWC by the end of the pools stage. Their running game was ridiculous.

They've dropped the ball since I think. They are now prioritising their league and the money streams. Eddie Jones hardly helps either.

Yeah Fiji have a lot to fight against. The day that team regularly becomes an 80 min team, the world order will change. They simply don't produce average athletes.

I would only get on board with the RC changes if it genuinely brought Fiji, Samoa and Tonga into the light. I've doubts. Even the proposed Nations Cup seems purely to ring fence the world order of rugby.

I agree on Georgia but more for form. They missed their chance. It's peaked.

You could argue that by the time Italy finally joined they'd already peaked. They were a proper, serious outfit in the 90’s but by the time they joined their moment had passed.

I wasn't at the recent IRE V Georgia game but I was in that stadium a few years back. It has it's charms.

Nobody wants to say it but regular games against tier 2 nations to get back in the winning habit is what Wales need at test level. A second division 6N would be just the ticket for that.