Rugby Australia offers coy response to New Zealand competition proposal

NZR wants up to four Australian franchises, as few as two‘Rugby Australia acknowledges NZR’s preferred position’Rugby Australia has delivered a muted response to an offer from New Zealand Rugby to sign up teams to a new-look franchise competition in 2021.A three-month NZR review has concluded Super Rugby should be replaced by a new competition featuring all five existing Kiwi franchises plus a Pacific team, and should number eight-to-10 teams in total. Related: The Breakdown | New Zealand establishes its rugby superiority in battle with Australia Related: If the Kiwis come knocking, Australia…