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“What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?”
SIMON Halliday has been calling for a seat at World Rugby’s negotiating table since he was appointed chairman of European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), the body which runs the European Cup and Challenge Cup, in 2015.
Those calls from the former Bath, Harlequins and England Grand Slam centre/wing have usually been unsuccessful, with World Rugby sticking to the ancient mantra from the amateur era (when they were the IRB) that they will only...