LONDON: A new 12-a-side rugby union tournament was launched on Tuesday with the goal of bringing US$344 million into the sport over the next five years, though it is likely to face a tough battle to force its way into an already overcrowded calendar.
"World 12s is a natural evolution for rugby union. We feel that this is a game for our changing, fast-paced world that can excite a global fan base in the way that we have seen with the IPL or most recently The Hundred in cricket," said World 12s chairman Ian Ritchie, the former head of the Rugby Football Union and ex chairman of the English Premiership.
"The extra space created by having three fewer players allows both the opportunity for running rugby and exciting tactical kicking," organisers said."This will lead to a high scoring, high pressure and attractive rugby being played, whilst keeping the shape and a semblance of the structure of 15s." Ritchie said that"constructive consultation" with World Rugby and other key stakeholders had begun."We want to get World Rugby approval, we went to engage with the unions and the clubs," he told a news conference."Rebel is not a word I would use for this. It is something we want to do on a collaborative basis."
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