THE fact an estimated 54.8 million Japanese people viewed that famous 28-21 victory versus Scotland in the 2019 World Cup showed rugby hardly requires private equity backing.
This message came on a smaller scale with England’s 23-19 win against Wales last week attracting 8.9m viewers.
TRP’s chief writer Nick Cain and former RFU chief executive Francis Baron last month related how the game could be accepting a disastrous private equity hospital pass by surrendering control of TV rights as part of CVC’s £365m five year investment deal with the Six Nations.
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