>> PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE OPTIONS AS TEAMS FROM ACROSS EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA KICK OFF THE NEW SEASON

THE dawn of a new season tends to be accompanied by a fantasy league made up of the Premiership and some of the teams in the United Rugby Championship. Notions of a cross-border tournament that lasts the length of a campaign crop up annually but none has yet made the drawing board, a dream that would take some negotiating.
This month has been no exception. Administrators admit that the topic is regularly discussed but has yet to be acted on because of practical difficulties, ...