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       Breakaway IPL style league
       By: Duncang Date: November 15, 2024, 3:02 am
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       Reported in the Telegraph:
       Plans for a breakaway global rugby league featuring the top 200
       players in the world playing for eight franchise clubs at
       ‘Formula One style’ festivals across major cities are said to be
       in advanced stages, Telegraph Sport can reveal.
       Sources claim that a “significant majority” of leading players
       have already committed to the new project that could see them
       forced to choose between club and country if World Rugby and the
       unions within each nation block the move.
       It is understood the breakaway league is being funded by a small
       group of UK and US investors who want to reset the club game in
       a vein similar to the IPL’s impact on cricket amid mounting
       concerns about the long-term financial viability of the sport.
       They are targeting a start date of 2026 for the new tournament.
       The move represents an immediate challenge for World Rugby’s new
       chairman Brett Robinson, who warned that the sustainability of
       the game is “at crisis point” after winning Thursday’s election
       in Dublin, replacing outgoing chair Sir Bill Beaumont.
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