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Rugby Union Players' Association Says Players Concerned Over Ambiguity

Rugby Union Players' Association CEO Ross Xenos said that players have "expressed concern regarding the ambiguity of whether a Super Rugby team will be cut next season," according to Tom Decent of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Australian Rugby Union Chair Cameron Clyne "remained tight-lipped" on Monday after a board meeting when asked if reducing the number of Australian Super Rugby clubs "was being considered." The ARU is "preparing to take a number of options to a SANZAAR meeting" -- on March 9 -- and its final position will "depend on which direction rugby's southern hemisphere body wants to go." Xenos said, "Completely understandably, the players are concerned about the ambiguity over the future and that's one of the drivers of our public position in terms of why we believe five teams is so much more important." Xenos "praised" the ARU, saying that it was "better to keep cards close to its chest than come out and say which way they were leaning." Xenos: "They came up with a number of options which is an incredibly mature and responsible approach given that we don't know what the nature of the discussion is going to be around the SANZAAR table next month" (SMH, 2/22).

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