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Rugby Powerbrokers Remain At Odds Over Int'l Calendar Starting In '19

Rugby's powerbrokers "remain at loggerheads" over the shape of the int'l calendar following the 2019 World Cup "despite calls for a compromise before the end of the year," according to Greg Stutchbury of REUTERS. Re-jigging int'l matches and domestic competitions to "create a seamless global calendar has long been on World Rugby's agenda" but national unions have "failed to reach terms with each other and privately-owned clubs in England and France." New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew said that there had been "little movement on the major sticking points at meetings in Europe this week." Tew: "The reality is no one has agreed a calendar from 2020 onwards and we're all working out what we're going to do in the future without any agreed competition structure. If we don't find a compromise, there's no calendar. If there's no calendar there are no games. If there are no games then we've all got a big problem. We have to find a solution and that's evident to everybody." Incoming World Rugby Chair Bill Beaumont, who will succeed Bernard Lapasset on July 1, said that he hoped an accord "could be reached by the end of the year." He said that everything, including the Six Nations tournament contested between Europe's top rugby powers, "should be up for negotiation" (REUTERS, 5/15).

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