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Promotion and relegation at Test level, a bigger role for the Lions and supporting the Pacific nations… SIR CLIVE WOODWARD’s 10-point plan to save rugby – and why Gus Pichot has the vision to implement it as he goes up against Bill Beaumont

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Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and Japan have nowhere to go. Why is World Rugby so dismissive of the Pacific Islands who account for more than 15 per cent of professional rugby players? Is there any attempt at positive discrimination? They can be relegated but not promoted. It’s the same in the Southern Hemisphere. And gate receipts.