World 12s: The new IPL or XFL?

A Q&A with the former ABs captain, PLUS: The Week That Was and the Weekend That Will Be

Dec 03, 2021

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The World 12s could help the game’s top players to earn money without having to compromise international careers by playing in Japan and Europe, Read says. Photo / Getty Images

About 15 years ago, at the bar of a badly weathered hotel in Parnell while waiting for the New Zealand Sports Journalists’ Association AGM to start, a colleague a little longer i…

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