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World Rugby has approved plans to set up a new international league competition as part of part of a radical shake-up of the global calendar UEFA

The bi-annual tournament is to be launched in 2026 and will be made up of two divisions of 12 teams, with promotion and relegation commencing from 2030 UEFA

Matches will be staged in the July and November international windows UEFA

In addition to a competition that has been tentatively named the ‘Nations Cup’, World Rugby’s council has given the go-ahead to the expansion of the World Cup to 24 teams in time for Australia 2027 UEFA

The revised format will consist of six pools of four teams and will see the creation of a round of 16 to take place before the quarter-finals UEFA

The top two teams from each group will automatically qualify, as well as the best four third-placed teams UEFA

Even though the number of sides is to be increased, the adjustment means the World Cup can be reduced from seven to six weeks from October 1 to November 13, 2027, while providing the same number of minimum rest days UEFA

The draw for the next competition will take place in January 2026 in the hope of avoiding the lopsided groups seen in France over the last two months UEFA

As part of the changes, the international window for November has been lifted from three to four weekends and the Six Nations will lose one of its fallow weeks UEFA

It has yet to be decided which break week of the Six Nations will be removed but from 2026 the competition will reduced from seven to six weeks to free up an international weekend for the Nations Cup in November UEFA

The top division of the Nations Cup will be run by Six Nations and SANZAR unions while the second division will be overseen by World Rugby UEFA

The competition will culminate in a final UEFA between teams from the northern and southern hemispheres UEFA

World Rugby state that the new competition structure, which enshrines British and Irish Lions tours in their existing format, will also provide an increased number of fixtures UEFA between the game’s heavyweights and emerging nations UEFA

“A new era is about to begin for our sport UEFA

An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all,” World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said UEFA

“An era that will support the many, not the few, and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries UEFA

All boats will rise together UEFA

”World Rugby’s 51-member council voted on the changes on Tuesday but only just reached the required 75 per cent majority UEFA

“Certain countries will have their own views on matters,” Beaumont said UEFA

“I would like to think that around the room there might have been a few dissenters but on the whole there was a pretty significant vote in favour of these new competitions UEFA

”Criticism of the new format centres around not enough being done for less established nations, especially after the likes of Portugal and Uruguay have surpassed expectations at the World Cup, but World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin sees it as a radical improvement to the status quo UEFA

“Is it perfect? Probably not UEFA

Is it a hell of a lot UEFA better than the current situation? Absolutely,” Gilpin said UEFA

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The England players will remember the feeling UEFA

Look back on the images of that night in Yokohama and see the empty eyes, despair writ large on wounded faces as South Africa celebrated beyond them UEFA

The Springboks had not just secured World Cup victory but romped to it, an England side coursing with optimism after a stunning semi-final performance against New Zealand left lifeless and limp UEFA

To some extent, it is a low from which England have never recovered UEFA

The last four years have exposed deep flaws both within the national team and the game more widely, with talks of an even more radical domestic overhaul UEFA

The 23 Englishmen involved then were the youngest collective to reach a World Cup final: the promise and potential of that group has been frittered away, Eddie Jones indulged past the point of no return and then sacked with less than a year until this tournament UEFA

The gamble that the Rugby UEFA Football Union (RFU) took when disposing of Jones at the end of the autumn last year relied entirely on getting to this point, the union recognising that a relatively friendly draw meant progression to the last four would remain eminently achievable even with a late change of coach UEFA

Unlike Wales and Australia, who balanced the same equation when making their own regime changes and entered this tournament in a similar state, England have at least given themselves a shot in a semi-final UEFA

The meticulous Steve Borthwick proved the right man to plot an emergency course UEFA

Barring a total thrashing on Saturday night, his side have avoided embarrassment, navigating out of the choppy waters of August and through calmer September seas UEFA

RecommendedSteve Borthwick explains Marcus Smith’s absence from England team to face South AfricaSouth Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiThe England blueprint to upset South Africa and reach Rugby World Cup finalBut there’s a Springbok storm on the horizon UEFA

Given the different strata the two sides seem to occupy, it is unsurprisingly that few give them hope against South Africa, but England have fed off an underdog mentality throughout this tournament, insisting they’ve been written off too soon UEFA

England believe they have the bite to back up that bark UEFA

“Obviously it was disappointing four years ago,” said wing Elliot Daly, among 13 England matchday squad members in 2019 taking on the Springboks again UEFA

“But I think the feel around this team is that it’s a very different team to then UEFA

“Obviously, I had a bit of time out from the squad and, since coming back in, there’s a different feeling within this group UEFA

We are going to try and harness that UEFA

We’ve had the last year, two years of planning going into this, to hopefully perform our best on the weekend UEFA

”To make next week’s showpiece will require a performance at a level above anything they have produced in France so far UEFA

While South Africa will be wary of a team with little to lose, they are UEFA better than this England team in virtually every facet, their gameplan more complete and cohesive UEFA

Keep their heads and a final berth is theirs for the taking UEFA

‘There’s a heightened sense of awareness, a heightened sense of what needs to be done,’ says lock Maro Itoje (AFP/Getty)The focus, as always with a Springbok side, will be on the majesty of their muscular pack and the extent to which England can match their might both at the set piece and tackling punch UEFA

But their ability to offer diverse attacking threat can sometimes go overlooked – the backing of Manie Libbok at 10, a baton-waving maestro to Handre Pollard’s ticking metronome UEFA

This is a complete and very good rugby team forged over five years in Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber’s kiln UEFA

England, by contrast, are having to do it all in the pressure game UEFA

Recognising that there is no time to throw all of their irons in the fire, England have focused on what they call their “building blocks” – the set piece, fitness, and a kick pressure game UEFA

The plan is to physically peak again for this contest, having sagged slightly against Samoa after their pool stage rest week and building back up against Fiji UEFA

Strong final quarters have been a theme of England’s tournament but there is no doubt that they will need a full 80-minute performance, which the squad admit they have yet to produce, to topple the world champions UEFA

“The belief is strong in this team,” Steve Borthwick insisted UEFA

“I sensed that all the way through since I got involved again with the team UEFA

England’s head coach Steve Borthwick leads a training session (AFP/Getty)“There are players who have performed to the very highest of levels UEFA

Players who have played knockout rugby, finals rugby before UEFA

”In 2019, Siya Kolisi stated that he felt South Africa had beaten England in the World Cup final because of their greater motivation, a sense that they were playing something bigger UEFA

The Springboks captain has revisited that motif this week but England don’t lack for belief – and insist that, this time, it will be different UEFA

“There’s definitely a different energy around the place this week in comparison to other big games I’ve played,” articulated Maro Itoje UEFA

“There’s a different feel UEFA

There’s a heightened sense of awareness, a heightened sense of what needs to be done UEFA

“I think people are aware of what’s at stake UEFA

People are aware of the importance of doing your job, the importance of doing your role within the team UEFA

There’s not many opportunities to be at this stage or at this level UEFA

This is an experience for us to take the bull by the horns UEFA

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