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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 116093"><p>Boggle, it could, and in fact should, happen. Just imagine- a global club/franchise season, followed by a global test season. No more bickering over club vs. country, no more depleted SH sides touring at the end of a long season in Nov. and no more depleted NH sides touring at the end of a long season down south in June. The best national teams, all the time, and there is still time for the traditional comps like the CC/ANZC afterwards.</p><p></p><p>It makes perfect sense, and it should happen, full stop. In actual fact, it should have happened in 95 already, when rugby became a professional sport.</p><p></p><p>Problem is, the powers-that-(not)-be at the IRB are mostly still the old-school, gin-and-tonic brigade, so aptly described as the "57 old farts" by Will Carling a few years back. Will they have the foresight to really do what`s right for the great game of rugby?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 116093"] Boggle, it could, and in fact should, happen. Just imagine- a global club/franchise season, followed by a global test season. No more bickering over club vs. country, no more depleted SH sides touring at the end of a long season in Nov. and no more depleted NH sides touring at the end of a long season down south in June. The best national teams, all the time, and there is still time for the traditional comps like the CC/ANZC afterwards. It makes perfect sense, and it should happen, full stop. In actual fact, it should have happened in 95 already, when rugby became a professional sport. Problem is, the powers-that-(not)-be at the IRB are mostly still the old-school, gin-and-tonic brigade, so aptly described as the "57 old farts" by Will Carling a few years back. Will they have the foresight to really do what`s right for the great game of rugby? [/QUOTE]
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