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Brendan Gallagher: I fear the worst in Rugby World Cup mismatches

Rugby’s obsession with micro-management long ago became a disease, a sort of nervous disorder, and a full manifestation of this will be seen at the enlarged 2027 World Cup when 24 teams no less go to the start line.

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Rugby’s obsession with micro-management long ago became a disease, a sort of nervous disorder, and a full manifestation of this will be seen at the enlarged 2027 World Cup when 24 teams no less go to the start line.

I have long harboured major doubts about this development, which the recent draw for RWC2027 has not allayed.
Now we can see the flesh on the bone and, having digested that for a week or more, I am left pondering the old maxim that less is often more.
The problem is the big boys who vote for these things and organise everything to suit themselves via the undemocratic voting syst...

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