good points. just as well the game didnt go to 40 minutes with 4 10 minute quarters as was proposed a few years back huh? that would have been carnage.

i do actually think that the fitness advantage of a fitter team has been eroded in recent worlds by more and more refs calls, so maybe it would be a good thing to have fitter teams who have put more effort training get an advantage again, but hamish is right about luck of the draw... whoever you hit on your third game must be on their third game too to keep things fair and even then the day will be draining and the teams you play the next day will have an advantage, not to mention different timing of games giving teams different rest periods for refuelling in the course of the day, bringing those windows down to a scale where an extra halfhour one team has to digest food and hydrate that another team doesn't will make a big difference when they play each other.

it will certainly be tough. but then again if we know what to expect going into it we can all plan for it and i don't think the competition will be compromised... people will still push their limits and there will be a winner at the end.