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Rugby's new-look Nations Championship has been launched with northern and southern hemisphere countries pitted against each other in two separate windows in July and November next year before a weekend of finals matches in London.
The long-anticipated announcement has come three years after the competition was first mooted to replace the traditional mid-year tours that northern hemisphere teams make to countries in the south and then the other way round in November.
The new competition, designed to give more purpose to the test schedule, will conclude with a finals weekend from 28-30 November
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