The Nations Championship gives status and street credit to the July and November internationals. People once mocked the concept of a Rugby World Cup, until it was formalised. The Nations Championship, with a league points system and end goal, will develop into a title the very best will want to win.
The schedule is no different to how it has always been, but what has changed is that there is something tangible to play for at the end of the two international months that bookend the start and end of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere rugby seasons.
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