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John McKee believes the creation of a Pacific Islands Super Rugby franchise would eventually transform Fiji into heavyweights of the game.Plans are underway to establish a team comprising of players from Englands opponents at Twickenham on Saturday, plus Samoa and Tonga, that would compete in an expanded version of the southern hemisphere competition.By offering professional rugby in the Pacific Islands in the form of franchise that would be operational in the early 2020s, it is hoped that the player drain to overseas clubs can be stemmed.England are among the nations profiting from Fijians opting for the greater riches available outside their homeland as they prepare to name Nathan Hughes and Semesa Rokoduguni in their starting XV for Saturdays second autumn international.McKee views the emergence of Argentina since their exposure to Super Rugby as proof that Fiji might also power into rugbys top tier.It costs a lot of money to run a Super Rugby franchise and the economies in the Pacific are small economies, but it could become a reality in the next five to six years, McKee said. I certainly feel that the groundswell has changed a little bit and were realistically moving towards that now.From a national coaching perspective, to have our players playing in Super Rugby would be hugely beneficial for the national team because the windows fit in with the Test match windows.We would have access to a fair number of our squad at home over the whole 12 months. We would still select players from Europe, but the core of our team would be at home.With the talented athletes we have, if we had a Super Rugby team, we would be right up there.If you look at Argentina, they have improved since joining Super Rugby. They found it a bit tough with all the travel, but its enabled them to have the core of their players at home for the majority of the year.You can see how Argentinas style has changed - they are a much more dangerous team now and had a very successful World Cup, playing very un-Argentinean style rugby. That has come from playing Super Rugby.Fiji captain Akapusi Qera believes that having a Super Rugby franchise in the Pacific Islands would have a profound impact on their ability to halt the exodus and urges World Rugby to invest in the project.Having Super Rugby would bring professionalism to the islands and it would raise question marks on whether to come to Europe or not. If it happened, most of the boys would tend to stay rather than moving on, Qera said. If World Rugby wants the tier two nations to compete with the tier one nations, then they have to look into this investment in order to level the playing field. Billy Williams Jersey Large . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Cheap Cubs Jerseys . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. 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Score another big win for Jeff Walz on the womens basketball recruiting trail.Dana Evans, the No. 7 prospect in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100, announced Tuesday night that she will be attending Louisville.I chose the Cards because of the relationship I built with the coaching staff, Evans said. Theyre going to make me a better player.Evans, a 5-foot-6 point guard, averaged 35.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a junior at West Side (Gary, Indiana). Over the summer, she won a gold medal with Team USA at the FIBA Americas U18 championships in Valdivia, Chile, averaging 8.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists.In Evans, Louisville is getting an electric point guard and a scoring dynamo. Shes elusive and is especially good in breaking down the defense and getting to the rim.Evans becomes the third member -- and third top-25 prospecct -- in Walzs 2017 recruiting class.dddddddddddd. She joins fellow point guard Lindsey Duvall, the No. 22 prospect in the nation, and post player Loretta Kakala, the No. 25 prospect. The Cardinals 2016 recruiting class was ranked sixth in the country.Evans, who said she considered about 40 schools, ultimately chose Louisville over Purdue and Tennessee.Evans is just the third top-10 prospect in the 2017 class to commit, joining point guards Chasity Patterson (Texas) and Anastasia Hayes (Tennessee). Twelve of the top 20 prospects in the class -- including No. 1 Megan Walker, No. 2 Evina Westbrook and No. 3 Rellah Boothe -- remain undeclared.The NCAA early signing period for womens basketball is Nov. 9-16. ' ' '