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Rugby's identity crisis: a sport that can't decide what it wants to be

Player welfare reforms, franchise warfare, and a growing split between union and league are pushing rugby toward a moment of reckoning.

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Callum PriceSport reporter
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Player welfare reforms, franchise warfare, and a growing split between union and league are pushing rugby toward a moment of reckoning.

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