End of Season Test team tour to Scotland

Discussion in 'Seasonal Rugby' started by HeathDavisSpeed, Sep 5, 2011.

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  1. Cevno IV Narang

    :gun: work DOog.
     
    Cevno, Sep 6, 2011
    #21

  2. azzal AJ O'Neill

    Top work B1.
     
    azzal, Sep 6, 2011
    #22

  3. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah I had difficulty with this with CricSim too. I tried to do it on a player pool basis with the amount of First Class teams, but that would put Australia on similar footing with Bangladesh, so obviously the number of First Class teams isn't really a good way to measure a player pool. It's why we haven't had Tests in a while; I found it impossible to attribute the standard of CricSim's domestic competitions to anything else.
     
    Cribbage, Sep 6, 2011
    #23

  4. azzal AJ O'Neill

    Maybe do it by how many international games they have played?
     
    azzal, Sep 6, 2011
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  5. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Doesn't make any sense tbh...
     
    Cribbage, Sep 6, 2011
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  6. Luffers JRE Luffman

    Morrison ahead of Ansbro, you've got to be joking man!

    Part from that, fucking good effort son!
     
    Luffers, Sep 6, 2011
    #26

  7. azzal AJ O'Neill

    By how many international matches.
     
    azzal, Sep 6, 2011
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  8. Cribbage RG Cribb

    It still doesn't make sense. It doesn't even vaguely begin to solve the problem tbh. You should stop talking before someone gives you an infraction I reckon.
     
    Cribbage, Sep 6, 2011
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  9. loganb JEM Logan

    You just said exactly the same thing just using less words :p
     
    loganb, Sep 6, 2011
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  10. Incey BC Jacobs

    d00g is a legend. :)
     
    Incey, Sep 6, 2011
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  11. Doog J McDougal

    Morrison has been a very solid feature of the Scotland team for a long time now, Ansbro is just getting started. He's got heaps of potential, but he's yet to prove himself in terms of international ability.
     
    Doog, Sep 6, 2011
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  12. LukeTyson L Tyson

    Shotty peeling oranges for the test team.
     
    LukeTyson, Sep 6, 2011
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  13. Benny BS Read

    Fuck off cunt you need to play these to prepare for our first season haha
     
    Benny, Sep 6, 2011
    #33

  14. azzal AJ O'Neill

    :laugh:
     
    azzal, Sep 6, 2011
    #34

  15. MatthewJay TA Miokovic

    Plz pick me for the side.
     
    MatthewJay, Sep 6, 2011
    #35

  16. Benny BS Read

    Azzal will have so many fucking posts soon
     
    Benny, Sep 6, 2011
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  17. Kegdrinker LA Pilgrim

    You're shit though.
     
    Kegdrinker, Sep 6, 2011
    #37

  18. loganb JEM Logan

    Would you be picking the team Heef?
     
    loganb, Sep 6, 2011
    #38

  19. Doog J McDougal

    IMO, the first class system isn't actually that bad a way of working it in this case I think, or at least for comparing to Magners league nations. Most of the Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Italian national team members are drawn from these teams. Scotland and Italy both have 2 (although Italy's have been newly introduced), Wales and Ireland both have 4. England take 18 out of 26 players from 4 domestic clubs (Leicester, Bath, Northampton and London Irish), but also have that little extra added depth that puts them ahead of the rest of the UK nations. I think we could make the assumption that we really stand probably somewhere between Wales and England in terms of home nations.

    Obviously, France is a whole different kettle of fish, what with them being a very unpredictable national team, and also having a league system that attracts a lot of international superstars, so I wouldn't be confident ranking against them as it stands.

    Then you have the super 15 nations, SA, NZ and Aus, all having 5 teams in the particular league, and I think its fair to say their national teams are pretty level, with NZ leading the pack. I would say that in terms of forming a direct comparison, it should probably be considered that NZ draw from more along the lines of 6 teams in comparison to the GB's four team nations, being the top ranked team currently.

    So basically, I'd use this order for ranking major teams (whacking us in on the IRB list essentially):

    New Zealand
    Australia
    South Africa
    France
    England
    Cricsim
    Wales
    Scotland
    Ireland
    Italy
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2011
    Doog, Sep 7, 2011
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  20. Doog J McDougal

    FTR, I've put us ahead of Wales at this stage because of the intended expansion to 5 teams.
     
    Doog, Sep 7, 2011
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