IF Premiership ring fencing was such a good thing would the likes of Northampton, Exeter, Harlequins and Bristol have been in favour of it when they were in the second tier? No.
Ambitious clubs like Ealing, Doncaster, Nottingham, Cornish Pirates and Jersey have no realistic prospects of joining the selfish Premiership clique. Now that discredited Saracens have been allowed back in, newcomers are just not wanted.
When will English rugby at large, and the RFU, wake up to this hypocrisy?
Jeff Gage

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