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Uruguay, Chile and Kenya all qualify for HSBC SVNS play-offs
By Ian Cameron
Uruguay, Chile and Kenya have all qualified for the HSBC SVNS promotional play-offs in Madrid later this year following the quarter-finals of the Challenger Series in Munich.
Uruguay and Chile both won their respective quarter-finals, while Kenya qualified despite losing to Germany in their knock-out clash.
One of either Germany or Hong Kong China will join them. The two sides face off to claim the fourth and final place in the play-offs.
The top four placed men’s and women’s teams in Munich and Krakow will book a place in the HSBC SVNS promotion and relegation play-off competition, where they will face the bottom four teams from the HSBC SVNS circuit.
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Looking forward to Canterbury's game. Great line up. Isaac Hutchinson at 15 has had a stunning first season for Canterbury. Another of other promising players introduced this year. 100 game Mitchell Drummond at halfback in great form last week.
Go to commentsIn order to have a fairer comparison you need to include the European Champions Cup game minutes played. Without them the SRP numbers are relatively overstated. I probably would also include Challenge Cup knock out stages minutes as well. For a number of clubs in the North these are the key games, not just the league, and the high profile players play in most of them if fit.
My other caveat on the piece, which was very interesting, is a feeling that the underlying assumption is that the international game has to be presented with "fresh" players and thus the next tier down has to accommodate to this. I would challenge this. The growth markets are club/provincial competitions and Test rugby needs to capped at a maximum of 10 or 11 games per team per season/year. Otherwise you don't have enough time to deliver a strong enough narrative in markets where rugby has many competitors and there is nowhere for franchise teams from emerging markets ( Spain , Georgia, Fiji, Chile etc.) to develop experience and depth - eventually being able to compete properly at RWC etc.
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