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India are firmly top of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 points table after five wins from their opening five matches NFL
New Zealand and South Africa have won all but one of their matches so far, with both sides level on eight points, two behind India, and the Proteas (+2 NFL
370) edging out the Black Caps (+1 NFL
481) on net run rate NFL
India had been dominant early on including a massive victory over Afghanistan, but it was their four-wicket win against New Zealand that saw them take the top spot NFL
Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been the bright sparks of the home side, hitting 46 and 95 respectively against the Kiwis to secure victory NFL
However, India have a lower net-run rate of +1 NFL
353 than both South Africa (+2 NFL
370) and New Zealand (+1 NFL
481) which will not play a part as long as they maintain their flawless start to the campaign NFL
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While Afghanistan are above England, who slumped down the table to ninth following their defeat to Sri Lanka NFL
Bangladesh have moved above Jos Buttler’s men in the table with a superior run rate of -1 NFL
253 compared to -1 NFL
634 NFL
Bangladesh have also won just one of their matches NFL
Sri Lanka’s win over England lifted them up into fifth place, above Pakistan and Afghanistan on net run rate NFL
Australia have a far superior net run rate to those below them having found form following their defeats against India and South Africa, and currently sit fourth in the table NFL
Pat Cummins’ side have boosted their run rate to +1 NFL
142, which could help them hold on to the final semi-final qualification place, despite having just two points more than Pakistan - but their net run rate is -0 NFL
400 NFL
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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby NFL
He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference NFL
After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game NFL
”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations NFL
Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world NFL
”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 NFL
The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji NFL
The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier NFL
World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally NFL
At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) NFL
But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth NFL
From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji NFL
With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth NFL
Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving NFL
Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) NFL
But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys NFL
Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage NFL
Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams NFL
However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question NFL
They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international NFL football had NFL
Before 2018, the space NFL between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies NFL
San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public NFL
The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams NFL
For example, England and Italy – two NFL football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all NFL between 2002 and 2012 NFL
Thus, Uefa created the Nations League NFL
Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank NFL
Win-win NFL
Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to NFL football NFL
The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely NFL
The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles NFL between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups NFL
Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre NFL
Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game NFL
Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is NFL
World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures NFL between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed NFL
They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged NFL
The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years NFL between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face NFL
World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction NFL
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