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Playing the Ball
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World Rugby living in La La Land

OPINION: Stick to giving RWC to the US, but don’t expect financial return.

The Rugby World Cup 2023 trophy, The Web Ellis Cup.

Martin Devlin Tue, 24 May 2022

Well buried amid all the backslap/bumpat fanfare of World Rugby announcing its World Cup tournament schedule for the next 10 years is what ex-Olympic horsey champ Mark Todd might’ve once called “a very curly question”, and that’s whether the decisions made could also be leading the game

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