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

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 Racin...

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