World Rugby announces changes to global schedule

World Rugby has announced a post-2019 World Cup global calendar that will include a July Test match window.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2017 - 16:14

World Rugby has announced a post-2019 World Cup global calendar that will include a July Test match window.

There will also be a 39% increase in fixtures between tier one and tier two nations, with tier one countries touring the Pacific Islands, Japan, Canada, United States, Georgia and Romania.

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