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Fascinating details this weekend from The Scotsman: Pro12 organizers are dead serious about adding teams in Canada and the US. It’s a scenario we first noted last summer and at the time, talks seemed more about courtesy and hearing things out than anything.

But it would seem the conversation has carried on. Were a team to launch, it wouldn’t be until 2018. (There’d be a new name for the league too, the Guinness Atlantic Rugby Championship.)

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It’s a complicated proposal and I suggest you read the full story. The Canadian angle is obviously our interest here. And while planning is still just in preliminary stages, there’s a small smouldering fire here. It’s not a lock, but it’s not an impossibility.

According to The Scotsman’s reporting, the Canadian team would most likely be based at BMO Field in Toronto, as the flight from Vancouver to the UK is 9.5 hours, the trip from Toronto is about 2.5 to 3 hours shorter. Weather is going to be a huge hurdle as well, which means the Canadian team may play some games in Vancouver.