JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Am I the only one that thinks that the idea of the new World League competition may actually be very bad for the game as a whole?
The idea that a biennial tournament involving all the Tier 1 nations with a couple of ‘additions’ who can add money to the pot is not going to impact on the current world system of games, the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship, the Rugby World Cup, and the Lions, seems ludicrous to me.
At the moment these current competitions are the pinnacle of the sport with each country focussed on winning their local events as a st...