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To put up a counter proposal you could have 2 super groups with 3 teams going through and 2 groups with 1 team going through. So for an example.
Group A - England, Australia, PNG, Ireland
Group B - NZ, Tonga, Fiji, Italy
Group C - Samoa, Lebanon, Scotland, USA
Group D - France, Wales, Cook Islands, Serbia
A1 vs B3 - B1 vs A3 - A2 vs D1 - B2 vs C1
Winner of game 1 vs game 4
Winner of game 2 vs game 3
With this format you could open the tournament at Wembley or Old Trafford with England vs Australia in a game which gets the tournament started strongly. This way you have big games in both the group stages and the finals.
Group A - England, Australia, PNG, Ireland
Group B - NZ, Tonga, Fiji, Italy
Group C - Samoa, Lebanon, Scotland, USA
Group D - France, Wales, Cook Islands, Serbia
A1 vs B3 - B1 vs A3 - A2 vs D1 - B2 vs C1
Winner of game 1 vs game 4
Winner of game 2 vs game 3
With this format you could open the tournament at Wembley or Old Trafford with England vs Australia in a game which gets the tournament started strongly. This way you have big games in both the group stages and the finals.