Tier 2 minnows absolutely shafts Tier 1 giants

I think this is catching...

what is all this tier 1, tier 2 stuff?
seen it mentioned on here but nowhere else

the Irish on here think they are tier 1 and england are tier 2 northanlite

Northanlite,

It comes from ICBD who self proclaimed that the 6 Nations was a two tier comp with Eng/Scot/Italy in the bottom section.  By his own words he effectively declared that if you can only beat Scot and Italy in a season (as he thought would be the best Eng could ever achieve) then you are deemed a Tier 2 Nations.

Chickens have well and truly come home to roost here following Ireland's collapse today

so it's really a made up term then?

england will be climbing up the IRB rankings that's for sure, can't believe how much they have improved from that first game at murrayfield.

Ahhhh that would explain it vis. i blocked his insufferable posts some time ago.

Whilst I'm happy that England are doing well, I can still laugh at them being tier 2.

I seem to remember, them trying to break away from the 6N with France to play in the TRI-Nations, because the rest weren't good enough. And also signing a solo deal with SKY in the late '90s which almost had them ejected from the 5N.