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How a well-intended New Zealand initiative could threaten the integrity of rugby
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) are attempting to eliminate any potential impediments to the playing of club and secondary schools rugby in 2020 but the new initiative could undermine the sport's integrity.
Hamish Bidwell
01 June 2020, 9:20pm
Jaguares players told to consider options as franchise's future remains uncertain
A Jaguares star has revealed players at the franchise have been told by the Argentine Rugby Union that they are free to take up offers from offshore clubs to continue playing rugby.
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01 June 2020, 1:28am
Selecting eight 2021 British and Irish Lions bolters
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View from Wales captures mood for global calendar change with Six Nations start date
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29 May 2020, 7:58am
Scottish Rugby Union suggests all is not lost yet for 2019/20 PRO14 season
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'A massive opportunity will have been missed': Sir Clive Woodward slams Fiji, Samoa, Six Nations for backing World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont
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Report: South African Super Rugby sides could join PRO14 by next year
The drum beats are getting louder – South Africa will quit Super Rugby to join Europe's PRO14 within a matter of years.
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Expect artificial crowd noise when the Premiership returns - Andy Goode
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