CHRIS HEWETT

They were all present for the Premiership launch at Twickenham, but they were not all correct. In a tell-tale photograph, the young Worcester captain Ted Hill was visible on the edge of the obligatory group shot, but partially obscured by the Bristol galactico Semi Radradra, who probably earns more in a season than the Midlanders currently have in the bank. Half a Hill, representing a club barely half alive.
League rugby in England has had more ups than downs over the last 30- odd years, but only on the field of play. The off-field descents have been precipitously steep: ...