National rugby body not commenting on proposed tournament in the UK and Ireland
Plans for a World Cup-style tournament in 2021 to help ease the financial crisis in the sport appear further from reality than its architects believe it to be.
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander said the organisation was unaware of plans for such a tournament, and would not comment on the idea. Much of the groundwork for the proposed tournament has apparently been steered by former Rugby Football Union CEO Francis Baron. “It is understood draft proposals for a 16-team invitational tournament‚ to be held in June and July next year‚ have been submitted to both World Rugby and the RFU for consideration‚ with a working title of the ‘Coronavirus Cup of World Rugby’‚” the paper wrote.
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