Talks have reportedly been held between executives over forming a new 'super league' that would include clubs from the Premiership and @Vodacom #URC.
Talks have reportedly been held between executives over forming a new “super league” that would include clubs from the Premiership and Vodacom URC., the Premiership is now open to greater collaboration with the URC, to pool resources and reduce the costs of running the club competitions.
“For the first time it seems that Premiership Rugby, who had previously said ‘no, no, no’ to any such talks are open to the idea of looking at a way of creating a kind of super league,” a source told theA previous sticking point with the concept of a Premiership-URC merger has been the potential impact it could have on the European Champions Cup, which also includes teams from South Africa.
However, a potential solution has reportedly been put forward to make it a knockout-style competition – similar to English football’s FA Cup – which would also include clubs from the French Top 14.This content is not behind a paywall and it is Habari Media's commitment that it remains so and access to the content is free.
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