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'Doomed to fail' - World Rugby revamps its international calendar
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English - October 24, 2023 17:18 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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World Rugby has overhauled its international calendar, introducing a Nations League concept from 2026 in which the top 12 nations will play each other in a round-robin style competition every second year.
Critics are already saying this could come at the expense of second-tier teams, who will have few chances to play the top sides.
World Rugby has also expanded the next World Cup to 24 teams.
Former New Zealand Rugby chief executive David Moffett spoke to Corin Dann.