Towards World to 16?

After having given the green light to the New Zealand Federation for the enlarging of the stage Eden park, the IRB has board on the future of world Rugby. That is likely to move!

At the time of its last intervention, when it proposed the installation of a biennial World cup, Syd Millar, president of the IRB was constrained to go into reverse in front of the green heart flight our to bet on the world cup of Rugby.

But, a little as the politicians who know a reform necessary for the future of a nation, Doctor Millar returned to the load during the meeting of the Management committee of Rugby World Cup in Auckland Monday.

Thus to avoid not-matches as the match which will oppose at the time of next Mondial New Zealand to Uruguay or Portugal, Millar evoked one of the proposals posed Monday on the table which would consist in disputing the World one with 16 teams, that is to say four less than what is done for the World cup 2007. “It is not realistic to have amateurs teams playing against professionals on this level of competition,” hammers Millar with the Post Dominion.

Another war-horse: the recasting of the system of qualification for the World one. System which does not imply today less than 86 nations. But the most consequent file relates to the setting-up of the season integrated with the difficulty in making play the two hemispheres at the same time.

Pumas with Springboks?

In all, these are nine proposals which were discussed in Auckland where the question of the future of Argentinian was also tackled to bet about the world cup of Rugby. It seems impossible to accommodate the sixth nation with classification IRB within the Tournament of the 6 Nations because of the addition of a date. But, the IRB declared that it could not really put the pressure on the nations of Sanzar. The ideal for the Argentinian file according to the president of the IRB is to contribute to the installation of a strong national competition in Argentina with in the long term a competition inter-province with South Africa.

“We all must sit us and to help them,” Millar concluded. As much to say that the Pumas are not yet at the end of their combat our to bet on the world cup of Rugby.