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Firstly, the smaller point. WI Romania was added to the Five Nations (as it was then) during the 80s? According to The Genocide they were both rumoured to be interested and invited. Would Rugby in Romania have survived the overthrow of Ceausescu and subsequent events better? Perhaps ITTL Romania would be where Italy are in Rugby today, or even more advanced. With a seven nations being impractical, where would that leave Italy?

Also, what POD or PODs could trigger Rugby Union being popular (as popular as ti is at least in England, huge man points for as popular as it is in South Wales) in the USSR, with the possibility of it being a reasonable power (world top ten)? Would this mean things like an earlier Rugby World Cup? Or other things ...
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