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JUST over a week ago international rugby was heading for “ruin” according to Agustin Pichot. Firing from the hip, the World Rugby vice-chairman and former Pumas captain announced a plan for an annual ‘League of Nations’ international tournament.
Pichot announced that this 12 team tournament, modelled on similar lines to the European Cup format, would replace the existing North-South Autumn series. He indicated that this plan would be ratified at a World Rugby meeting in Sydney at the end of September, and introduced in 2...