Paris — Newly re-elected World Rugby chair Bill Beaumont says plans for a global season are in the early phases of discussion.

Former England captain Beaumont, 68, who beat former Argentina skipper Agustin Pichot to the position at the weekend, said the coronavirus pandemic had encouraged the idea of northern and southern hemisphere campaigns aligning...

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