Reports: World Rugby planning a League of Nations tournament

French newspaper Midi Olympique reports that from 2020, World Rugby wants to introduce a 'League of Nations' format involving the top 12 teams in the world.

World Rugby vice president Agustin Pichot reportedly sees an international competition dividing into four groups of three, with three pool games followed by a semi-final and final.

The report from Midi Olympique states that the World League would be played alternately in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere each November, with the North to hold the proposed first edition in 2020.

This means that the November tests would be replaced by this tournament. World Rugby's top executives are meeting in Sydney this week.