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SUPER Rugby seasons will continue to be awkwardly paused for June Test matches until at least 2020 after a players' proposal for a global season was rejected by Six Nations powers.
The plans, championed by the International Rugby Players' Association last year, would have seen the Test window moved from June to July.
The European domestic season would have started and finished later (October to June), but Six Nations schedules remained unchanged.
The change would have also allowed the Super Rugby season to run unbroken from February to early July, instead of the current situation that sees the competition put on hold for three weeks to cater for inbound Test tours.
Not only do Super Rugby teams lose any momentum they might have had, they are often at a loss as how to continue playing as a unit.
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Some sides, including the Brumbies and Blues, are going to play in a World Club Tens tournament next month.
The plans could have also assisted northern nations to avoid club v country rows that exist, such as England and France players being needed for their first Tests against New Zealand and Australia respectively on Saturday week, just six days after domestic league finals at home.
But the plans were rejected by the voting bloc power of Six Nations countries at recent IRB talks, based on an apparent sentiment that the changes would benefit the south but not the north.
"Some think it's not beneficial for their preparation," NZRU boss Steve Tew told Kiwi radio.
"They think it's best for their national teams to play Tests straight after the domestic competition, rather than have a break and then come back together."
He said contractual obligations of the competitions would see no changes until after 2019.
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