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Disgruntled Clubs Planning Breakaway League To Rival National Rugby Championship

Disgruntled rugby clubs Sydney and Brisbane Premier are "planning a breakaway eight-team interstate club championship to run in direct competition with the National Rugby Championship," according to Georgina Robinson of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. In a move designed to "wrest the fate of grassroots rugby back from the hands of the Australian Rugby Union," the presidents of the Sydney and Brisbane clubs will meet next month in Sydney to "discuss the rebel tournament, which would be made up of the top four clubs from both premier club competitions." It is being proposed to run in "direct competition with the NRC, which is in its third season and will welcome a team from Fiji next season." Emboldened by the support and "aggrieved" at the ARU's refusal to directly fund them, a group of club presidents are "taking matters into their own hands, scheduling the meeting in Sydney next month and a follow-up in Brisbane in February, to coincide with the Australian Club Championship match between Brisbane premiers Brothers and Sydney premiers Norths." All club presidents will be invited to the meetings, "in a big push to strengthen interstate relations between the Brisbane and Sydney club networks" (SMH, 10/20).

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