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Talks begin to expand Top 14 to 16 next season | James Harrington

A u-turn in French rugby after talk last month suggested the Top 14 would be reduced to 12, now it has shifted into expansion plans

Top 14 bosses are considering proposals to expand the league to 16 to offset estimated €73million losses from playing behind closed doors during the coronavirus pandemic.
Little more than a month after some club presidents, including Toulouse’s Didier Lacroix, suggested cutting France’s megasaurus top-flight from 14 to 12 and setting up a development tournament similar to the old Anglo-Welsh Cup, it now seems the league is willing to go the other way and return to a Top 16 tournament to claw back losses from playing behind closed doors this season.
A number of club bosses, including Racing...

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