Sentence examples for tier nations from inspiring English sources

It has so far refused to offer the two countries a path into the senior event despite a growing clamour, but recognition at age-group level would be a start for Europe's leading second tier nations.

We should not necessarily blame the RLIF, either: their eligibility rules are so complex because they want to enable players to represent the second tier nations without closing off all routes to the big three.

Defending champions Samoa have opted out of the Pacific Nations Cup, but the United States and Canada will debut later on Saturday in Edmonton in an expanded competition expected to boost 'second tier' nations.

We'd encourage any tier nation to talk to us because we'd love to have them".

"The guys put in a another good shift yesterday, it was a tough game against Sri Lanka, but despite the off-field disturbances or distractions that were going on, it didn't take away from the other players absolutely looking forward to playing another top tier nation".

A top tier nation cannot maintain its position with laissez faire economic policies far more suited to second world nations.

We have been here before in the Gilded Age when the US was a second tier nation.

The point is, when we make the effort we're actually good at the Eurovision song contest, as opposed to football, a sport at which we plough grimly on despite a near-complete lack of national talent compared with the top-tier nations.

A "two-tiered" Europe is an unappealing choice for poorer "second-tier" nations, Krastev argued.

Typically rugby's top-tier nations don't play their second-tier counterparts regularly.

Greening was then approached by the I.R.B. to see whether he would be interested in helping lower-tier nations develop.