CHRIS HEWETT

Precisely none of the owner-investors who finance professional club rugby in England are in obvious need of a tin of beans from the local food bank, which may explain their inability to embrace the spirit of togetherness in securing a sustainable future for a domestic game on the breadline.
The “spend, spend, spend” caucus on the Premiership board resent being told how much they can splash out on players, accusing the fiscal conservatives of driving the sport to the brink of a star-less abyss.
Meanwhile, supporters of a tight salary cap fear the free-market fundamentalists wi...