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Implies (more sensibly) that the qualifiers are all from the 2018 Gold Cup (1st direct/2nd to repechage) with top 5 from 2017 Gold +Winner 2017 Silver making up the final group field. |
Implies (more sensibly) that the qualifiers are all from the 2018 Gold Cup (1st direct/2nd to repechage) with top 5 from 2017 Gold +Winner 2017 Silver making up the final group field. |
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[[Special:Contributions/134.159.131.34|134.159.131.34]] ([[User talk:134.159.131.34|talk]]) 12:56, 13 June 2017 (UTC) |
[[Special:Contributions/134.159.131.34|134.159.131.34]] ([[User talk:134.159.131.34|talk]]) 12:56, 13 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:So it's been reverted (by the usual suspect) Apparently next year we'll have the Gold Cup - including Morocco - they could well finish last, but then they'll get a play-off against the team finishing second (no idea what third, fourth and fifth placed teams will think of this idea) for a chance to qualify for the Repechage. Doesn't that strike you as just a little bit unlikely? [[Special:Contributions/134.159.131.34|134.159.131.34]] ([[User talk:134.159.131.34|talk]]) 03:37, 9 July 2017 (UTC) |
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Makes no sense
The last bit of this makes no sense. First - given the 2017 Silver Cup takes place from 5-8 July, that pretty much means it's a knockout comp (not a round robin) - that's minor point. The problem is the next bit - apparently 4 teams from 2017 Gold go to 2018 Gold (sure fine), but then the 4th 2018 Gold team plays the 2017 Silver winner in a "repechage" - for what with regards to World Cup 2019 - and what happens to 2nd and 3rd in the 2018 Gold? Can only the 4th place team make the intercontinental repechage? Coz that's what the page says at the moment - 1st goes to the World Cup, 4th goes to a play-off for the repechage (against the Silver Cup winner) and 2nd and 3rd are eliminated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.131.34 (talk) 00:58, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
Out of date?
Seems this is out of date (and frankly, still seems wrong). From World Rugby "Senegal and Tunisia will both step into an expanded top tier – now known as the Rugby Africa Gold Cup – in 2017 to join last year’s champions Namibia, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The Silver Cup winner will replace the bottom-ranked side for the 2018 Gold Cup competition which will be the final stage of the African process with the winner qualifying as Africa 1 and the runner-up entering the Repechage tournament." (http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/245152 - May 2017) Implies (more sensibly) that the qualifiers are all from the 2018 Gold Cup (1st direct/2nd to repechage) with top 5 from 2017 Gold +Winner 2017 Silver making up the final group field. 134.159.131.34 (talk) 12:56, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
- So it's been reverted (by the usual suspect) Apparently next year we'll have the Gold Cup - including Morocco - they could well finish last, but then they'll get a play-off against the team finishing second (no idea what third, fourth and fifth placed teams will think of this idea) for a chance to qualify for the Repechage. Doesn't that strike you as just a little bit unlikely? 134.159.131.34 (talk) 03:37, 9 July 2017 (UTC)