Brave new world after lockdown? I doubt it

Old style: Rob Andrew playing for Yorkshire in 1987 County Championship

Another week of lockdown and, with no rugby to write about, everybody has been thinking – and they all seem to have come to the same conclusion: Rugby is in a mess.
Whatever article, blog or opinion pushed out to fill pages or airspace, everyone agrees that this lockdown has given time to reflect on where rugby is now, and that this is the time for change.
Whether a move back to ‘the good old days’ of county rugby, or just to the dawn of professionalism, or even a new system altogether, there is an ...

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