By NEALE HARVEY
Vision: Mark Evans
GLOBAL Rapid Rugby in Asia and the Pacific could change the face of world rugby according to the fledgling league’s new chief executive Mark Evans.
Ex-Harlequins supremo Evans recently took charge of an organisation that, by its own mission statement, aims to ‘disrupt, originate’ and ‘explore new markets’.
Funded by billionaire Australian businessman Andrew Forrest, owner of Perth-based Western Force, Global Rapid Rugby kicksoff this March, initially with six teams playing home and away.
Franchises in Hong Kong, Malaysia,...
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