The Breakdown | World Rugby must be able to govern to shape a game that delivers for all

Ruling body is used to having its authority challenged by agenda-driven clubs, most recently in last week’s letter of intent from France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby The threat of the leading French clubs to take legal action against World Rugby if it sanctioned a doubling of this autumn’s Test window to six matches prompted a review of newspaper cuttings at the end of the 1990s.It was a time when the professional game in Europe was in turmoil. Trouble was writ large, with one th