CONGRATULATIONS to Richmond’s Steve Hill for his very frank, openminded and perceptive comments on the state of rugby in England. What a refreshing change for someone representing a club that, if there were any justice, would still be in the Championship, populated mostly by full-time professional teams to recognize that “the community game is 98 per cent of the game”.
He goes on to say that they represent England’s core support and that, going forward, the RFU “really have to look to resource the community game better”. He even concedes that the £7...