Ireland went crazy celebrating a pool stage win against Australia. It was that big a deal to them, and they're definitely in the better half of the Six Nations.

The one thing that Mr Lewis and Mr Wood have got spot on is the revision of the International calendar , until we have more competitive 4 nations competitions , it should not change , it is fine as it is , it is a genuine competition with other genuine competitions feed it

If it were to happen, which I think could be feasible - but only as a 2 group tier system - then I'm not sure why Wales or France are both deserving of a place.

I fancy both PNG and Samoa should have position, with either Wales or France losing out. Both have demonstrated to be far more competitive against the big boys, where Wales and France have never asked any questions of anybody.

No they aren't. Wales are no where near capable of beating New Zealand.

Their World Cup fortunes were a fluke. They're still 8th on the IRB ladder and deservedly so.

For the 8 nations, you could have the 7th/5th/3rd place playoffs and GF on some big day, so if you buy a ticket you can go to all games.

For example:
12:00- Figi vs Ireland (7th place)
2:00- Wales vs PNG (5th Place)
4:00- France vs NZ (3rd Place)
6:00- England vs Australia (Grand Final)

If you had something like that you could get a big crowd at all games. It could be at a stadium like Elland Road, Galpharm or CoMS.