Business of Sport: Rugby’s Nations Cup – will the turkeys vote for Christmas?

Business of Sport: Rugby’s Nations Cup – will the turkeys vote for Christmas?
England face the All Blacks' haka at Twickenham Stadium. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
In London, the world’s top national unions, including New Zealand Rugby, have just met for a gabfest about something that should be a no-brainer for the international game. 'The Nations Cup' is an idea that has been around for a couple of years.   Basically, the concept is that in non-World Cup years and non-British and Irish Lions touring years, the June window for southern hemisphere tests against northern visitors and the autumn internationals in Europe in November becomes a quasi-unofficial world tournament.&nbs...

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