THE MAGNERS League board of directors will meet tomorrow week to decide in principle whether they agree to the proposal that two regional Italian sides will take part in the competition.
Although the question is really only a matter of timing, that is when the hard work starts and thereafter the FIR will have plenty of work to do to make their participation become a reality.
While there is broad support for the Italians to be included, the Welsh, it is believed, favour the idea of the Italians joining in time for next season, 2009-10, but the Irish are likely to agree with the Scots that 2010-11 is a more realistic target. The FIR has five potential candidates – Treviso, Viadana/Parma, Brescia/Calvisano and two Rome franchises.
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Italians need to get timing right
Italians need to get timing right
