World Cup vote would save Boks from disaster

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With South African rugby on the road to the cliff-edge, the Rugby World Cup board have offered it an alternative route. Call it a sharp swerve onto salvation road because, potentially that is what they have done by recommending South Africa as the preferred hosts for the 2023 World Cup ahead of France and Ireland.
Here’s the thing. The international end of the game looks in reasonably good shape if you are viewing it through the lens of the Lions or the Six Nations – even though the latter’s ...