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Bok teams must head for Europe says Gold

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The Rugby Paper Team
19 February 2017

By NEALE HARVEY
EUROPE’S finest must linkup with South Africa’s six franchises to form a box office-busting competition to replace the European Champions Cup, says Worcester interim boss Gary Gold.
Gold, who has vast experience working in both hemispheres, describes the current 18-team Super Rugby structure as “beyond ridiculous” and reckons aligning the Premiership, Top 14 and Pro 12 with South Africa is a “commercial nobrainer.”
Former Sharks head coach Gold said: “If you took the best six teams from those three competitions and added in six from ...

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