IRRESPECTIVEof any new possible cash input from CVC Capital Partners, Premiership Rugby has to operate a tight financial ship.
In that respect I agree with the sentiments of Exeter supremo Rob Baxter in last week’s paper (“Cut games and we’ll all go bust”) that the game would cease to exist as a professional one if the number of matches were cut appreciably in a campaign.
However, player welfare is extremely important, not least for their post-retirement years, and Baxter acknowledged that he takes the health of the Exeter players seriously. But I think he misses the...