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World XVIII mark two announced

Authored by: Jas
on Thursday, June 30 2011 @ 07:18 pm ACST

How long before NZ or South Africa can field a team in their own right?

World XVIII mark two announced

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Thursday, June 30 2011 @ 07:31 pm ACST

Not sure, but I reckon the two countries most likely to have a stand-alone side would be PNG and NZ rather than South Africa.

NZ and PNG both have their juniors in the South Pacific rather than the World 18, and this year there are 12 players in that squad from PNG and 6 from NZ.

South Pacific were a bit stronger than the World 18 last time too.

World XVIII mark two announced

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, June 30 2011 @ 08:22 pm ACST

The first step is for South Pacific to score a win - hopefully soon.

Then over the next few years they can hopefully be consistent threats in Div 2.

If that happens then maybe PNG could split out, or maybe South Pacific could go up to Div 1.

South Africa's lack of players is a concern - is it lack of players deserving a spot, or lack of funds to make the trip, or something else? I think a lot of expected South Africa to be getting close to PNG levels in this age group by now. Were we unrealistic, do we under-estimate PNG?

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