FILE PHOTO: Agustin Pichot, IRB World Rugby vice-president and former Argentina captain, speaks to Reuters in an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
(Reuters) - World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot said the international game is under threat and urged unions and clubs to work out a new 10-year blueprint before the 2019 World Cup in Japan, starting with a meeting in Sydney this month.
World rugby announced an agreement for a global calendar up to 2032 following a meeting in San Francisco 18 months ago, but Pichot said that there was a need to review plans to save the international game from financial problems.
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