Club World Cup to be put forward as radical new rugby union competition

French federation president behind revenue-raising schemeTwenty-team tournament could mean end of Champions CupA radical proposal for an annual Club World Cup featuring 20 teams from around the globe will be put to leading unions this week as part of an effort to boost rugby’s finances. The competition, proposed by the French federation president, Bernard Laporte, could mean the end of the European Champions Cup in order to create space in the already cluttered calendar.Laporte, who is vying to be World Rugby’s vice-chairman next month, has been formulating the plan alongside the governing bod…