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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 837971" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>There is a news item emanating from Scotland on this matter indicating:</p><p></p><p>- 1x Canadian and 1x American team to join for season 2018/19</p><p>- a potential connection to or alignment with a new US league (presumably the Major rugby tournament). </p><p>- Pro12 broken into two conferences</p><p>- requires sanction of US and Canadian unions </p><p>- New York and Toronto speculated as possible locations</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/guinness-pro12/pro12-aims-to-go-west-in-american-expansion-1-4370290" target="_blank">http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/guinness-pro12/pro12-aims-to-go-west-in-american-expansion-1-4370290</a></p><p></p><p>From a personal perspective I find this news does nothing to remove my sense that the Canadian and US unions are wilfully undermining PRO Rugby and feeding negative stories about it as they have a vested interest in it failing because they have had their heads turned last year by Pro12. </p><p></p><p>Still, Pro12 franchises would be better than nothing assuming they have the sense to not play in freezing New York. The disappointment for me is this effectively rules out the far more sensible expansion into new continental European markets for the time being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 837971, member: 74121"] There is a news item emanating from Scotland on this matter indicating: - 1x Canadian and 1x American team to join for season 2018/19 - a potential connection to or alignment with a new US league (presumably the Major rugby tournament). - Pro12 broken into two conferences - requires sanction of US and Canadian unions - New York and Toronto speculated as possible locations [url]http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/guinness-pro12/pro12-aims-to-go-west-in-american-expansion-1-4370290[/url] From a personal perspective I find this news does nothing to remove my sense that the Canadian and US unions are wilfully undermining PRO Rugby and feeding negative stories about it as they have a vested interest in it failing because they have had their heads turned last year by Pro12. Still, Pro12 franchises would be better than nothing assuming they have the sense to not play in freezing New York. The disappointment for me is this effectively rules out the far more sensible expansion into new continental European markets for the time being. [/QUOTE]
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