IF EVIDENCE were needed of the self-interest that tends to drive attitudes in rugby, two pieces in last week’s TRP on the subject of salary caps provide it.
Starting on the front page, we read of three of the wealthier clubs blocking suggestions from other PRL members for a cut in player payments.
On page two, there are echoes of a similar “we’re alright, Jack” attitude at Blackheath, in National 1, whose spokesman states that his club “fights for every last penny it can raise and this dictates how close we can get to the salary cap and in turn how we fare on t...