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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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It has already killed continental European rugby because Georgia, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Germany have nowhere to go. Italy, ranked 14th in the world, have three votes yet Japan (ninth) have two and Georgia (12th) just one. Is there any attempt at positive discrimination? They can be relegated but not promoted.