guys, i would not go anywhere past 10 maybe 12 who knows, as for a emerging nations proably not, might have a emerging southern hemiphere & nothern hemiphere cup, too expensive to fly the european nations over, this is a calculated guess.
if ten this is who would be in it the first six pick themselves
1 australia 2 england 3 new zealand 4 france 5 png 6 wales(harris, briers, cunningham & mason will strengthen them greatly & scott gibbs & deverux will play)
then next will proably be
7.tonga(strong nation plus heritage players)
8.samoa(if the rumour is true will qualify on the back of there huge heritage yet they don't have a comp)
9.fiji ( a numbers of players playing in nrl, sl, nl1 plus good compition)
10.lebanon(tremendous heritage list plus nicely run comp & host med cup every year)
if 12
11.georiga(my bolter if 12, , have strong gov backing & player list)
12.this is tough this could be fought out between, usa, cooks, ireland, scotland & maybe jamacia depending on there players available.
i think with no confidence usa if all players available first strength side compititive with worlds best any injuries get beat by nsw country sides.
my plan would be is to have nothern hemiphere emerging cup in say scotland the field would include serbia, scotland, ireland, russia (if still playing league) germany, holland, morrocco, malta, greece, italy, estonia, canada, jamacia.
the southern cup in png with the teams cooks, new cal, south africa(who knows if they play), japan, aregentina, singapore.
