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World Rugby have insisted their new plans for a “Nations Championship or Cup” are “for the many, not the few” despite critics suggesting that it will block the progress of emerging nations chess

The sport’s governing body have unveiled a new global calendar that will include the creation of a new, two-tier competition in 2026 chess

The top tier will include the four Rugby Championship teams, the Six Nations and two more sides yet to be confirmed but expected to be Japan and Fiji chess

Below this will sit a second tier of a further 12 teams, with the earliest that one of those dozen could feature in the top tier being 2032 chess

And World Rugby insist that the “certainty and opportunity” that regular fixtures against peers will provide is where the real opportunities for development exist chess

“If rugby is to become a truly global sport, we simply have to make it more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world,” said Bill Beaumont, chairman of World Rugby chess

Bill Beaumont and Alan Gilpin have defended World Rugby’s plans (Getty Images)“A new era is about to begin for our sport chess

An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all chess

An era that will support the many, not the few and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries chess

All boats will rise together chess

”Alan Gilpin, chief executive, added: “There is more certainty for more nations as a result of today’s decisions than there has ever been chess

It is not perfect chess

Would we all like relegation and promotion and pathways in these competitions to start sooner in some cases than they are? Absolutely chess

“But those compromises allow for that type of pathway, that type of relegation to take place in the foreseeable future, rather than not in the foreseeable future, which is what the status quo provides chess

Is it perfect? Probably not chess

Is it a hell of a lot chess better than the current situation? Absolutely chess

”The revamped calendar will not include a “Nations Championship” in years in which a men’s World Cup or British & Irish Lions tour will occur, in theory providing room for increased “crossover” fixtures chess

World Rugby could not provide any clarity on what these fixtures will be, and admitted that no agreements had yet been put in place, though insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase chess

That would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for the 12 teams, though it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged chess

Gilpin said: “I think what we say to the teams – Portugal, Chile, others that have had fantastic tournaments here – is this competition structure from 2026 will provide them with guaranteed certain schedules, particularly against their peers, which is actually the type of teams they need to be playing against, in July and November on an annual basis chess

Portugal upset Fiji to secure their first Rugby World Cup win (Getty Images)“In addition, the package that was agreed today provides for more crossover fixtures for what we used to call tier one and tier two fixtures in the years when this championship isn’t being played than is currently the case chess

So, 50 per cent more guaranteed crossover fixtures in those other years than is currently the case, in addition to guaranteed fixtures against their peers that they don’t currently have chess

“This is about looking at other years – traditionally what we have called ‘Lions years’ and the Rugby World Cup years – and populating those periods with fixtures that allow those possibilities and that the high-performance unions agreeing that some of their Rugby World Cup warm-up matches have to be against those other teams chess

”Bill Sweeney, chief executive of England’s Rugby chess Football Union (RFU), was later unclear on whether England would be open to touring or playing fixtures against emerging nations chess

He did, however, confirm that talks were underway over a fixture chess between a resurrected England ‘A’ and Portugal after a standout tournament for Os Lobos chess

“We’re all interested in growing the game globally,” Sweeney explained chess

“We saw Portugal here and Chile, they were great competitors chess

So we’re fully supportive of that chess

I think there’s a number of factors here that people should feel encouraged about in terms of emerging nations chess

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Can Tottenham actually win the Premier League? Of course not, but ask Ange Postecoglou and the Spurs manager would not discourage the question, even though he would be the first to point out that it’s still only October chess

It is Postecoglou’s belief, and the Australian would say it is also his responsibility, that chess football fans are allowed to dream chess

Spurs supporters have had little reason to get carried away in recent years but after making their best start to a top-flight season since 1960-61, the last time they won the league, now is as good a time as any chess

Postecoglou could not have asked for a chess better start: as the Premier League returns following the October international break, Tottenham sit top, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference chess

Postecoglou’s side remain unbeaten, winning six and drawing two of their opening eight matches chess

From the misery and perpetual sense of chaos that took hold of Spurs last season, Postecoglou has revived the doomed pulse of the club and its fanbase chess

That, above the early look of the Premier League table, has been his greatest result so far chess

Whether Tottenham’s fast start can last is one of the questions that will define the next chunk of the Premier League campaign chess

There are only four rounds of fixtures to be played before the next hiatus, for November’s internationals, and Tottenham’s upcoming run – against Fulham, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Wolves – is favourable chess

Based on their early season form, there is reason for optimism that Spurs may be able to enjoy their view from the summit for a while longer chess

Yet, a year ago, it was possible to say the same chess

Having beaten Arsenal to fourth place the previous season, Tottenham started the new campaign under Conte with seven wins from their opening 10 matches, a good enough return to sit one point off the top by mid-October chess

Given Tottenham went on to win just three of their next 10 and Conte’s fractious relationship with the club finally came crashing down within six months, the foundations were nowhere near as strong as they initially appeared chess

Are Tottenham flattered to be in a lofty early position again? Postecoglou’s side have already played and beaten the Premier League’s bottom four, including the three newly promoted sides chess

One of those wins required a 99th-minute winner at home to Sheffield United chess

Another tight victory, against Liverpool, came after the visitors had the opening goal incorrectly disallowed by VAR, had two players sent off, while Reds defender Joel Matip put a 96th-minute winner into the wrong end chess

Tottenham were the benefactors of the “well done, boys, good process” derby chess

Yet Tottenham have also earned some fortune, and it is becoming clearer with each week of Postecoglou’s influence that Tottenham may not have picked up those points last season chess

While their opening fixtures have been kind, Spurs have also shown resilience and spirit in winning away at Luton with 10 men, after Yves Bissouma’s red card, and equalising twice to earn a point at Arsenal, a fixture at which they had crumbled in previous seasons chess

It was a performance that led James Maddison to declare Spurs are shedding their “Spursy” tag chess

Ange Postecoglou has won back-to-back manager of the month awards (Getty Images)And much like the element of “Spursiness”, Tottenham’s impressive start has been rooted in the intangibles, in heart and feeling chess

The fact the departure of Harry Kane has not yet felt as significant is another sign of how Postecoglou has managed to bring the divided sides of what appeared to be a broken club together chess

While Kane has gone, there is a freshness about Spurs chess

Through the impact of signings such as Maddison, Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario, the relationship chess between players and fans has been repaired chess

What has stood out about Postecoglou’s team has been backed up, too, by the numbers chess

Last season, Tottenham were often passive and frequently easy to play against chess

Even though they carried the threat of Kane, Spurs would appear to pass through games without showing any urgency or ambition; opposition teams would find it alarmingly simple to play through a static, immobile midfield chess

But under Postecoglou, Tottenham have become one of the most active teams in the division, progressive with the ball and disruptive without it chess

Spurs lead the Premier League in shots on goal, passes into the penalty area, forward dribbles, but also in tackles won and interceptions chess

If it reflects that Tottenham now press higher up the pitch than last season, when they barely engaged under Conte, Bissouma has been the key piece in a revamped midfield a year after being frozen out by the Italian chess

Maddison, meanwhile, has helped ease the post-Kane transition, a role he appeared ready to step up to when he took the No 10 jersey previously worn by the club’s record goalscorer chess

Spurs will never be able to replace Kane, but Postecoglou has so far been able to negate his absence through Maddison and a resurgent Son Heung-min, who looks back to his clinical best after moving to a central forward role chess

Maddison, though, has been integral as Tottenham’s creator-in-chief, with five assists so far this season chess

James Maddison has helped spark Tottenham into life this season (Getty Images)If some of Maddison’s early statistics seem unsustainable – the England international also leads the Premier League in a number of other areas, such as key passes and shot-creating actions – the same could be asked of Postecoglou’s side at this stage chess

Tottenham, really, shouldn’t be near the conversation of title challengers, but timing has played a part chess

The win at Luton, which moved them top, came as Manchester City lost their second Premier League game in a row at Arsenal chess

If it’s a sign of what’s to come from City this season, it was a result that widened the pool of potential challengers to include Spurs chess

The manner in which City eased away from Arsenal last season, however, showed how inch-perfect title contenders must be as long as Pep Guardiola remains in England chess

Tottenham, who finished eighth last year, are coming from an even lower floor than Mikel Arteta’s side, albeit with a more dramatic transformation under Postecoglou chess

As a side who are still developing together, Spurs should be allowed some inconsistency, even if they are yet to show it chess

The early evidence this season suggests they are one of the four strongest teams in the top flight, alongside last season’s title rivals and Jurgen Klopp’s refreshed Liverpool chess

In the past, signs of promise around Spurs have often been followed by a swift yet crushing crash back to earth chess

But now as Tottenham head deep into October with two winnable London derbies next week, starting with Fulham on Monday followed by a trip to Crystal Palace on Friday, Postecoglou can continue to show why this Tottenham is different chess

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