A world club championship is on the cards after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Premiership chief executive Mark McCafferty has claimed.
But the plan, which would match the best of Europe against the top teams from the southern hemisphere, faces a number of hurdles.
McCafferty explained: ‘It won’t happen before the World Cup but it might happen after 2015. It is a matter of the stars coming into alignment to make something possible.
‘The national championship is something to treasure and Europe is very successful. Ideally, we would like to bolt on top of that an international club event, something that answers the question, “Who is top dog?”
Globetrotting: McCafferty thinks the Premiership champions could be playing in a world club championship in five years
‘Is it the Crusaders? Is it the Bulls? Is it Toulouse, Leinster or Saracens? That would be such a compelling event that sooner or later it will have to happen.
‘Season structure is the biggest issue. We have had plenty of indications from our partners and from a TV point of view it would work
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January 9th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Already too much Rugby Flookers just want more money
January 9th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
One of these days we will only have players playing up to 26 -27 years and then retire
January 9th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Well, the Sanzar agreement
with Newscorp runs out in
2015. Could leave a gap for
something else.
Single round Super15 followed
by North-South top of the log
play-offs?
Or replacing the rather useless
June-July international window?