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Originally Posted by browna
^ As an outsider to the ins and outs of Canada Rugby, losses or not, they made it to the WC, which is an accomplishment in the world hierarchy, and bodes well for future rugby players in this country to know that Canada isn’t a laughing stock.
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It’s not much of an accomplishment when you go from being the runaway favourite for the America’s 2 Qualifying spot and need to qualify as the 5th ranked team from the Americas us in a convoluted repechage system where you are with the likes of Germany and Hong Kong and Kenya.
Canada has regressed significantly in the past 8 years, with a significant drop in the past 4 (they did lose to Romania four years ago but had some strong performances and should have beaten Italy). This year not scoring a point against Namibia highlights the fall pretty good.
The program is in shambles right now, nothing really encouraging coming out of the men’s side.