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I think that the best way to run the world cup is to have Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain play each other once. Before this starts all the other nations play a tournament which becomes a world cup qualifier. The qualifiers would have the teams ranked into three groups with the winner of the groups to progress. The winners would then play in a round robin format with the games to be played as curtain raisers to the Aust/NZ/GB games.
The top ranked side out of Australia, NZ and GB would progress to the final with the 2nd ranked side to play the best ranked emerging nation for the right to play in the final.
This guarantees that at least one of the big three will be in the final, the lower ranked sides are given a tournament that means something, it is possible for anyone to win the world cup.
As a sideline to the final, the other 4 nations could play off for positions as the curtain raiser.
The top ranked side out of Australia, NZ and GB would progress to the final with the 2nd ranked side to play the best ranked emerging nation for the right to play in the final.
This guarantees that at least one of the big three will be in the final, the lower ranked sides are given a tournament that means something, it is possible for anyone to win the world cup.
As a sideline to the final, the other 4 nations could play off for positions as the curtain raiser.