JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

As the dust slowly set- tles on the player release for the Lions, an interesting letter from Arthur Grun in last week’s paper asked some questions that I shall attempt to answer.
First, he questioned the transition from the amateur game to professional and asked if anyone involved at the RFU (particularly the council) had appreciated the impact that pro- fessionalism would have on the overall game.
Well, back in 1995 the talk of a pro- fessional game was very much top of the agenda for all the major nations that played the game. This...