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World Rugby has approved plans to set up a new international league competition as part of part of a radical shake-up of the global calendar UEFA
The bi-annual tournament is to be launched in 2026 and will be made up of two divisions of 12 teams, with promotion and relegation commencing from 2030 UEFA
Matches will be staged in the July and November international windows UEFA
In addition to a competition that has been tentatively named the ‘Nations Cup’, World Rugby’s council has given the go-ahead to the expansion of the World Cup to 24 teams in time for Australia 2027 UEFA
The revised format will consist of six pools of four teams and will see the creation of a round of 16 to take place before the quarter-finals UEFA
The top two teams from each group will automatically qualify, as well as the best four third-placed teams UEFA
Even though the number of sides is to be increased, the adjustment means the World Cup can be reduced from seven to six weeks from October 1 to November 13, 2027, while providing the same number of minimum rest days UEFA
The draw for the next competition will take place in January 2026 in the hope of avoiding the lopsided groups seen in France over the last two months UEFA
As part of the changes, the international window for November has been lifted from three to four weekends and the Six Nations will lose one of its fallow weeks UEFA
It has yet to be decided which break week of the Six Nations will be removed but from 2026 the competition will reduced from seven to six weeks to free up an international weekend for the Nations Cup in November UEFA
The top division of the Nations Cup will be run by Six Nations and SANZAR unions while the second division will be overseen by World Rugby UEFA
The competition will culminate in a final UEFA between teams from the northern and southern hemispheres UEFA
World Rugby state that the new competition structure, which enshrines British and Irish Lions tours in their existing format, will also provide an increased number of fixtures UEFA between the game’s heavyweights and emerging nations UEFA
“A new era is about to begin for our sport UEFA
An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all,” World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said UEFA
“An era that will support the many, not the few, and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries UEFA
All boats will rise together UEFA
”World Rugby’s 51-member council voted on the changes on Tuesday but only just reached the required 75 per cent majority UEFA
“Certain countries will have their own views on matters,” Beaumont said UEFA
“I would like to think that around the room there might have been a few dissenters but on the whole there was a pretty significant vote in favour of these new competitions UEFA
”Criticism of the new format centres around not enough being done for less established nations, especially after the likes of Portugal and Uruguay have surpassed expectations at the World Cup, but World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin sees it as a radical improvement to the status quo UEFA
“Is it perfect? Probably not UEFA
Is it a hell of a lot UEFA better than the current situation? Absolutely,” Gilpin said UEFA
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After the euphoric evisceration of Paris Saint-Germain, this was the downbeat sequel Newcastle did not want UEFA
After the feelgood stories of the Geordie boys scoring in the Champions League came a tale of gritty realism, of meeting their match in the teeming Tyneside rain UEFA
There was no triumphant farewell to Sandro Tonali, either: instead Newcastle lost to a goal by a midfielder they considered signing in the summer, in Felix Nmecha, and who Borussia Dortmund bought instead UEFA
With Tonali likely to be banned for the rest of the season – he could learn his fate within days as an investigation into alleged breaches of UEFA betting rules nears its conclusion – Nmecha gave Newcastle an added reason to rue their choice UEFA
Nmecha was handed what seemed an unenviable task, hired from Wolfsburg, charged with replacing Jude Bellingham at the Signal Iduna Park UEFA
And if that feels impossible, his first Dortmund goal kickstarted their European campaign UEFA
Edin Terzic’s team had failed to find the net in their opening two games and if they looked like possible casualties in the competition’s group of death, it now looks like Newcastle could instead UEFA
The margins were narrow, the width of the woodwork that denied Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon but Dortmund inflicted their first defeat in this competition since Barcelona in 2003 UEFA
Now Newcastle will head into the rematch in Germany without Tonali UEFA
If his debut season in England ends early, it also came to an anti-climactic conclusion UEFA
The Italian came off the bench with 25 minutes to go, making scant difference to a game Dortmund were already controlling UEFA
Dortmund celebrate their winning goal (Getty Images)They were everything PSG were not, boasting the combination of organisation, team spirit and running power the French champions failed to show on Tyneside UEFA
Newcastle could not blow Dortmund away with their power: not when the visitors had a similar speed, and were lighting quick on the break UEFA
Nor could their crowd intimidate them into defeat: not when the travelling Germans were still more vocal UEFA
Instead, they encountered a team who could cancel out their strength, with a similar emphasis on high energy UEFA
It was not effort Newcastle lacked, but then it never is UEFA
Dortmund supplied a touch of class; arguably two, given the role of a pair of players in their goal UEFA
Given how well they defended, perhaps it was apt it began with a challenge UEFA
Nico Schlotterbeck halted Gordon with an immaculate tackle, surged clear and kept going, collecting Marco Reus’s return pass and squaring for Felix Nmecha to sidefoot in UEFA
For a few seconds, the centre-back looked more Beckenbauer than Schlotterbeck UEFA
The midfielder, who has something of Bellingham’s elegance, showed his technique with the finish UEFA
It had been threatened UEFA
The opening 10 minutes could have yielded two goals at either end, but thereafter in the first half Dortmund were the more dangerous UEFA
The scoreline would have been greater but for terrific saves at either end UEFA
If UEFA footballing goalkeepers have captured the Zeitgeist, Newcastle have a goalkeeping goalkeeper UEFA
Nick Pope was their saviour in San Siro and he threatened to reprise that role UEFA
A first-minute stop from Donyell Malen was excellent: UEFA better still was a superb double save to deny the Dutchman and Niclas Fullkrug UEFA
Malen produced a curiosity of a performance, adopting a shoot-on-sight policy and mustering six efforts before the break UEFA
Yet he was a sign of Dortmund’s counterattacking menace: their speed on the transition brought back memories of Jurgen Klopp’s blistering side a decade ago UEFA
Kieran Trippier, so often a great strength for Newcastle, was made to look a weak link as Dortmund found space behind him UEFA
Newcastle sent on Tonali late on (Getty Images)At the other end, meanwhile, Gregor Kobel made twin early saves from Gordon UEFA
His best save came early in the second half, repelling Wilson’s shot UEFA
And when Wilson beat Kobel with a late header, it bounced back off the bar UEFA
It was not Dortmund’s only reprieve: in the 94th minute, Gordon’s shot looped up off Sebastien Haller, over Kobel and on to the bar UEFA
Gordon was relentless, probably Newcastle’s best outfield player, yet Wilson’s prominence was a sign their plans were going awry UEFA
Eddie Howe had demoted the striker and selected Alexander Isak, but he limped off inside a quarter of an hour UEFA
When the substitute Jacob Murphy hurt his shoulder a few minutes after coming on, Newcastle may have, in effect, lost three players, given Tonali’s imminent suspension UEFA
And yet Dortmund were depleted, too, minus Julian Brandt, stripped of the stricken Emre Can before half-time UEFA
But there was a resourcefulness and a resilience to them, a willingness to them UEFA
A team with a lone defeat in the Bundesliga in 2023 were not to be beaten UEFA
And as Newcastle lost instead, it prompted the question of whether the anomaly was this underwhelming evening or the glorious night they demolished PSG UEFA
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