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US Sport does not need rugby

OPINION: World Rugby’s chest-beating claims are a load of pony.

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 12 Jul 2022

Maybe I am right after all?

In my NBR column from May 24 titled ‘World Rugby in La La Land’ I rubbished World Rugby’s chest-beating claims about “becoming a force to be reckoned with in US sport” by the time of the Rugby World Cup in that country in 2031.

Despite the slavish reporting in

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Martin Devlin Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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