Rugby’s proposed breakaway R360 competition has announced it will be delaying its launch for two years until 2028.<\/p>\n
Fronted by former England World Cup winner Mike Tindall, R360 said in a statement that its ambition remains to “complement the rugby calendar”.<\/p>\n
However the announcement will raise concerns over the viability of the prospective competition in light of opposition from the sport\u2019s established unions.<\/p>\n
Eight leading countries issued a joint statement last month indicating that any players who signed up for R360 would be banned from playing international competitions.<\/p>\n
The British and Irish Lions have also intimated that players would be barred from selection, while Australia\u2019s NRL say any leading league players tempted to join the new structure could face a 10-year ban.<\/p>\n
However Tindall remains adamant that R360 will overcome its initial issues and make a big impression in two years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
Tindall said: “The decision to shift our launch to 2028 is a strategic decision based on timing.<\/p>\n
“Launching under compressed timelines would not meet the standards we set for R360, nor would it deliver the long-term commercial impact that the sport deserves.<\/p>\n
“As a board we remain absolutely determined to bring R360 to life at full scale and with maximum global impact.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re building something bold and new that will resonate globally \u2013 and we cannot wait to show the world in 2028.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby’s proposed breakaway R360 competition has announced it will be delaying its launch for two years until 2028.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-164312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}