It wont be surprise that in 2040's Rugny and ice hockey world cup be in Dubai or UAE and NHL teams would play 2 games in mid east as they do in Europe.
there are first row on RU today is NZ, SA, ENG, IRL, FRA, ARG, AUT, WAL, SCOT… A second row FIJI, SAM, ITA, URU, JAP, GEO, ROM and other row with RUS, SPA, CHI, US, CAN, POR, NAM