![]() Consider that there were no northern hemisphere teams involved in the final two weeks of the 2015 World Cup and then that three of the top four positions in the world rankings are currently occupied by Ireland, Wales and England. If it is too strong to say a new world order was established last year, it was certainly shaken. Throw in the fact that Ireland have mounted a genuine challenge to New Zealand, the creeping sense that the balance of power is shifting from south to north and the narrative of Jones’s return to Japan – sure to follow England’s campaign every step of the way – and it is quite the melting pot. There is plenty of intrigue already surrounding the first World Cup to be staged in Asia, away from the sport’s traditional strongholds.
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