Sentence examples for cross-border tournament from inspiring English sources

The clubs would need the permission of their respective unions to take part in a new cross-border tournament.

"The fact we are a cross-border tournament makes us different and it is something we should cherish," said Davies, the former Wales and Lions wing.

The idea of clubs running a cross-border tournament spooked the chairman of the International Rugby Board, Bernard Lapasset, a close friend of Pierre Camou, who succeeded him as FFR president in 2008.

As the trophyless men from the banks of the River Avon prepare for tomorrow's profoundly testing match on the shores of the Mediterranean, where defeat against the three-times European champions will leave their chances of making the knockout stage of the elite cross-border tournament hanging by the slenderest of threads, another link springs to mind.

That much was obvious yesterday as Gloucester sought to capitalise on the previous week's win at Murrayfield and heap some pressure on Munster in the race for a place in the knockout stage of this fiercely competitive, if politically unstable, cross-border tournament.

From the outside, the WRU's stance seemed to be that as the regions had nowhere to go, locked into the Pro12 and unable to play in a cross-border tournament without the union's permission, it was under no obligation to make concessions.

The number of players leaving for overseas has undermined their Super Rugby and provincial teams; they resemble Wales in the pre-regional era when they did not have enough players to make their clubs competitive in cross-border tournaments.

Wales's four regions will have showdown talks with the Welsh Rugby Union next week, ready to take legal action for the right to play in cross-border tournaments without needing permission from their governing body.

Call the competition what you like, broadcast it on whatever channel you wish, divvy the proceeds up by endless negotiation if you must – but whatever the make-up of future cross-border tournaments turns out to be, let the paying punter hope and pray it is replete with good old knockabout Anglo-Welsh rucks such as this.

The regions could take legal action for the right to play in cross-border tournaments without WRU permission.

Other cross-border tournaments have also been mooted, but governance, broadcast rights and commercial backing are at the centre of the disputes.