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Paul Rees: R360 would have to find a new audience

The build-up to the Premiership play-offs was hijacked by a global franchise competition that is being planned for next year.
It would involve eight men’s teams and four women’s sides. Called the R360, it would be played between April and September with a break in July, which is when World Rugby’s global nations tournament starts.
It was reported last week that team owners from football’s Premier League, Formula 1 and the NFL had submitted bids to buy franchises, that 40 players had been offered contracts worth £1m a year and that a number had signed contracts contingent on the finances bein...

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