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Former New Zealand Rugby chief executive David Moffett believes World Rugby's new Nations Championship will be a flop.

The 12 team tournament will be held every two years, with teams competing for points during the existing July and November windows.

There will be a finals weekend in London in late November, culminating in a title decider between the top ranked Northern Hemisphere team and the top ranked Southern Hemisphere team.

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Next year, the All Blacks will host France, Italy and Ireland in July, before away tests against Wales, Scotland and England in November.

The venues for the All Blacks home tests are yet to be confirmed.

Moffett told RNZ it would not be the financial boon World Rugby ho

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