Pool A - Australia, England, Fiji and Ireland
Pool B - New Zealand, France, PNG and Samoa
Pool C - Scotland, Tonga and Italy
Pool D - Wales, Cook Islands and USA
http://www.rlwc2013.com/groups
Pool A - Australia, England, Fiji and Ireland
Pool B - New Zealand, France, PNG and Samoa
Pool C - Scotland, Tonga and Italy
Pool D - Wales, Cook Islands and USA
http://www.rlwc2013.com/groups
PUT EM TO THE SWORD! SHOW SOME STEEL!
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To be honest, this type of ceding really pulls my chain.
Pool A - Australia, England, Fiji and Ireland
Pool B - New Zealand, France, PNG and Samoa
Pool C - Scotland, Tonga and Italy
Pool D - Wales, Cook Islands and USA
The six highlighted sides should be separated where possible and certainly not three in one pool. At least one minnow from Pool C will take massively one-sided affairs into the filnals ... rubbish.
Last edited by Titanic; 12-11-11 at 12:09 PM.
Four reasons to escape to Queensland: Sun, Surf, Sand & the Titans.
This is a stupid way to conduct the WC draw. Samoa have no hope and might as well not turn up, Fiji and Ireland will be playing against each other for a spot in the quarter finals and Wales (who are playing the 4 Nations this year) will seemingly walk into a QF spot against lesser opposition. If Wales are indeed the 4th best team in the world (I think PNG may deserve that title), then the groups should look a little more like this:
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand
Fiji
Scotland
Tonga
Italy
England
France
Wales
Papau New Guinea
Samoa
Cook Islands
USA
Ideally you would probably cull a team from each group (leaving you with 2 groups of 6) and hold a developing nations WC beforehand for the final 3 spots in each group (Australia, NZ, England, France, Wales and PNG earn automatic qualification). Teams play 5 matches and the top 2 or 4 go through to finals. Easy to understand, fair for everyone, and gives fans and players plenty of footy in what should be the pinnacle of international rugby league.
I'd love to see an Emerging Nations World Cup!
PUT EM TO THE SWORD! SHOW SOME STEEL!
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