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| Well Played Scotland great 2nd half performance unbeaten in three matches but will not make the qtr finals if Italy beat Tonga on Sunday. I missed a bit of the game looking on wiki trying to find out what would happen if Scotland actually won. In most other sports world cups the rules and qualification is simple why does rugby league has to be different !! would it be fairer to have 1 group with 6 teams each plays 3 games with the top 2 qualifying perhaps you could seed the group and the high seeds play the worst seeds eg Seeds 1 2 and 3 v Seeds 6 5 and 4
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| Or why not have with 16 teams in the first place.
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| I did look at that, the Lebanon failed to qualify by point difference so they would be worthy candidates but the rest of the qualifiers are very poor who would you choose Atlantic 2nd (Jamacia) beaten 40-4 by USA or Europe 3rd (Russia) beaten 92-6 by Italy
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| For me they should have gone with 16 teams even if the 2 other sides had of been hammered.
I watched the Scotland game with a friend who was new to rugby league he enjoyed the game but thought the 3 team groups with teams playing a game against a side in the other group was a farce but hey ho
Well done Scotland fingers crossed
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| Quote: duggs413 "I did look at that, the Lebanon failed to qualify by point difference so they would be worthy candidates but the rest of the qualifiers are very poor who would you choose Atlantic 2nd (Jamacia) beaten 40-4 by USA or Europe 3rd (Russia) beaten 92-6 by Italy'"
The way US have performed in this Tournament has surprised me and to be beaten by them in the qualifiers may not be as bad as all that. So for me Lebanon and Jamaica to make it up to 16 teams. Imagine watching Jamaica with waccy baccy fumes all round lol.
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| I've enjoyed Groups C and D, close games in front of big crowds and no teams getting battered by the likes of Australia, worked well in my opinion.
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| Quote: brummie-eagle "I've enjoyed Groups C and D, close games in front of big crowds and no teams getting battered by the likes of Australia, worked well in my opinion.'"
Here here.
Moaning for moaning's sake.
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| Cross group games are nothing new. We've had them in the Trains before now.
Personally, I thought it was a good solution. If you have four teams in those groups, with only one qualifier, you're likely to be stuck with a few meaningless games at the end.
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