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Somebody said that Japan are effectively a Tier 1 international side at the minute. What are the criteria for promotion to official Tier 1 status? Is it restricted to teams that play in the 6N or the Southern hemisphere Championship?
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Seems to be unofficial, anyone in 6N/Rugby Championship Tier 1
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Neill_M wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:56 pm Seems to be unofficial, anyone in 6N/Rugby Championship Tier 1
Anyone else who has appeared in the RWC finals is Tier 2.
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Japan are several notches above Italy. The flip side of that is that Italy excelled for a few years and once they were elevated to tier 1 they went backwards quickly and became the whipping boys of the 6N. Japan have a much better base to build on than Italy had and I suspect they will kick on.
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A place in the Championship must be on the cards. Anyone know what the player base is like in Japan? If it's too small, that might be their undoing.
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Hapax Legomenon wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:59 pm Japan are several notches above Italy. The flip side of that is that Italy excelled for a few years and once they were elevated to tier 1 they went backwards quickly and became the whipping boys of the 6N. Japan have a much better base to build on than Italy had and I suspect they will kick on.
that's just by their WC matches,Italy are better in my mind.
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The challenge for Japan would be maintaining that sort of form home and away under normal international conditions i.e. club commitments and limited squad time - and neutral referees.
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Seems there is a SANZAAR (Guys who run Super Rugby/Rugby Championship) meeting in Tokyo on Friday. Japan's possible entry in RC along with a decision whether to keep the Sunwolves in SR now could be on the agenda.
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