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- Reports suggest World League will include Japan and USA
- 12-team league would lock out Pacific Islands
- Sexton, president of players’ union, says plans are ‘out of touch’
World Rugby’s planned revamp of the international calendar which would see a 12-team World League launch in 2020 has been criticised by leading players, including Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell.
Sexton, the world player of the year, described the plans as “out of touch” while Farrell said the “proposal shows no signs of improving an already difficult situation” regarding the strain on player welfare.
Written by Reuters
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/28/johnny-sexton-owen-farrell-criticism-of-world-rugby-global-revamp under the title “
Sexton and Farrell lead criticism of World Rugby’s global revamp
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