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Published 21:35 7 Jul 2017 BST
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'These Irish are curious! ... They asked to make their presentation without any French observers in the room.'So we're keeping our cards close to our chest. So what?! The French delegation laid it on pretty damned thick with some of the smaller European rugby nations too. FFR president Bernard Laporte suggested that France, in return for World Cup backing, would push for an eight team 'Six Nations', with the likes of Georgia, Romania and Russia all getting a chance to qualify each year. That wasn't all. Laporte also reached out to Canada and the United States with offers to help grow their game. They then dropped a three-volume, 810-page dossier that claimed they would give World Rugby £271m for the hosting rights and also dole out a percentage of any profits they made. Their bid game is strong but have they got.... Bernard Brogan? Didn't ruddy think so. https://youtu.be/LxVR55TLDik We're not losing this one lads.
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