RUGBY: The International Rugby Board are to meet next month to try to resolve the fiasco of the inter-hemisphere match.

Michael Lynagh has resigned from his post with the IRB after his efforts to organise the match - which had been hoped would raise money for some of the poorer unions - was postponed after originally being scheduled for November 30th.

The IRB ran into problems trying to persuade clubs to release their star players for the match which comes after a programme of international autumn Tests.

IRB spokesman Chris Rea told BBC Sport Online: "We have scheduled a meeting in November in which this will be addressed very seriously. The postponement of the inter-hemisphere clash was very dissatisfying from our point of view. And we realise the problem is a matter of extreme urgency."

The IRB are also expected to look at who will host the 2007 World Cup, but unless the financial problems of some of the smaller Test-playing nations are resolved a number of countries fear they may be unable to send a team to the event.