RWC 2027 Australia

[WorkingClassRugger]

Not much sympathy. That’s on them. Spain had the same issue at the last one right?

Im going for Belgium to get it done.

No. They had done their checks and as farvas they were aware were all good. Only for it to turn out that the player and his clun to have doctored documentation. They probably shouldn't have taken them on face value.

 

[Strewthcobber]

You're approaching this from a persective that the Paraguayan Union is run by a group of professionals. It's not. So these kind of things slip through. They caught it and have taken the step to withdraw. Not a great look but good for them to be forthright when they realised.

Think you are giving them way too much latitude there. You don't need to be professional to make sure your players are eligible. Any National Union representative should be aware of this. Paid or not, it's basic stuff.

Spain was different, as the player was basically fraudulent

 

[dru]

Think you are giving them way too much latitude there. You don't need to be professional to make sure your players are eligible. Any National Union representative should be aware of this. Paid or not, it's basic stuff.

Spain was different, as the player was basically fraudulent

This +1.

 

[Omar Comin']

I read that Brazil were missing a few key players against Paraguay as those games fell outside of the official release window, so they may well be stronger in the final qualifier than Paraguay would have been. It will be interesting to see how their level compares with Namibia and Belgium, I think it's fairly hard to predict which team will be the toughest opponent for Samoa.

 

[liquor box]

You're approaching this from a persective that the Paraguayan Union is run by a group of professionals. It's not. So these kind of things slip through. They caught it and have taken the step to withdraw. Not a great look but good for them to be forthright when they realised.

Maybe the first thing that tier 1 countries could do to help the game is provide administration for other countries?