The coronavirus crisis has shown the need for a radical overhaul of rugby union on a global scale, says RFU boss Bill Sweeney.
With unions and clubs thrown into financial turmoil, Sweeney believes the pandemic has highlighted the"fault lines" that exist in the game."I really do believe that coming out of this you will see a different structure and a different shape," Sweeney said.
"Everyone knows where the issues and problems lie, but we haven't had a degree of co-operation and collaboration previously to be able to solve that. I think that is changing. "We all want them to survive this, and they are slightly more exposed than us because they are at the very start of their season."
A summit in San Francisco in 2017 failed to suitably address the issues at hand, while World Rugby's revolutionary Nations Championship plans were scuppered last year.
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