JEFF Probyn is absolutely right in stating that the future of rugby in England depends on more resources being made available by the RFU to support grassroots rugby than the disastrous Professional Game Agreement has allowed over the last seven years.
Central club support and rugby development staff have been cut to the bone leaving clubs increasingly to generate their own resources, both financial and volunteers to fight the battle against falling participation numbers in men’s senior rugby.
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney and his team need to find a much fairer distribution...