Global season will only happen if New Zealand and home nations work together | Paul Rees

The concept is now being taken seriously but many rugby union issues, not least financial, need to be resolved and the All Blacks are in the mood to go it aloneA new season starts with an old argument. The global calendar, a concept which has for most of the decade casually been kicked around like a ball in a warm-up, is an issue that is now being taken seriously. Related: Lions tour the prize but first comes treadmill even robots would find wearing | Robert Kitson Related: Ben Te’o: ‘Some people in union love that Sam Burgess went back’ Continue reading...