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Rugby breakaway league coming. (R360)

Rugbyfan564 said:
It will be approved by World Rugby the articles do say that. They just think it will go bust. The biggest damage will be to international rugby. The breakaway are surely correct in thinking that if half of England's six nations squad joins the interest in international rugby will collapse and the RFU will have to select breakaway players or face being unable to fund the international programme.
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If the full raft of players are able to be selected as is suggested in the articles I've seen then there shouldn't be all that much impact on the international game.

I can see the attraction of this for cash strapped Unions. Take RA for example. We could give Wallabies permission to go play in this league cutting down its wage bill significantly. Or it could use those savings to lock up the next generation. Same could be said of the Welsh etc.
 
Rugbyfan564 said:
Because current lions players have already agreed and signed a contract? The most famous women player has apaprnrrly signed up and is being used to promote it.
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Women's game it could prob work
But who is the current lion?

Hell if Daly signed up does that mean the end is nigh?

The Aussies 12's comp which was meant to be like this had apparently signed up AB players etc

Nothing happened.



Some people are desperate to see rugby fail because they want to say I told you so, but the money isn’t there for something like this and the support isn’t there for it to last even if there was
 
WCRugger said:
If the full raft of players are able to be selected as is suggested in the articles I've seen then there shouldn't be all that much impact on the international game.

I can see the attraction of this for cash strapped Unions. Take RA for example. We could give Wallabies permission to go play in this league cutting down its wage bill significantly. Or it could use those savings to lock up the next generation. Same could be said of the Welsh etc.
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www.bbc.co.uk

R360: England players would risk Test careers by joining event

England players who participate in rugby union's prospective new breakaway league would risk becoming ineligible for the national side.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Rugbyfan564 said:
Even the BBC think it will happen.
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No they don't, they've reported sources from R360 saying it's going to be the best thing IN THE WORLD

and then also said:
But a number of senior figures in the game believe the proposals lack substance and will struggle to get either the approval needed from the governing bodies or the required investment.

"It's the world 12s again," one source told the BBC, referencing a shorter format of the game that never materialised.
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Why do you choose to believe only half of the article?
 
TRF_Olyy said:
No they don't, they've reported sources from R360 saying it's going to be the best thing IN THE WORLD

and then also said:


Why do you choose to believe only half of the article?
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True but it all seems a bit head in the sand. Like how Golf spent years not expecting LIV to actually happen and have been lucky not to many have switched to cause that many issues. Articles from January saying how the Premiership were celebrating the end of the threat seem a bit premature not. It's obvious the RFU fear a mass exodus by quickly getting the BBC to focus on the fact it will end their England careers.
 
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Not Mike Brown's Sock said:
If players were genuinely getting a million quid each, I could maybe see it being tempting for a few players, but it will have no fans and no tv viewership, so will be short lived.

Whole thing also screams Ellis Genge
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Only need the top 10 English players to switch for the England team to collapse in quality and particularly if other countries don't ban their switchers - that could make the World Cup an unequal farce. The RFU financially might be very damaged. The average England fan might not back banning players for a premiership they don’t all care a jolt about.
 

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