JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

IT WAS interesting to read last week’s comments by Simon Halliday in The Rugby Paper and how he passed the blame for a lack of confidence by the Championship investors onto the RFU.
It is people like Cornish Pirates’ Dicky Evans (rather than the RFU) who have inspired hope in the Championship clubs by committing to long term financial backing, which has seen many clubs grow and build towards promotion to the Premiership, only to fail at the last post for numerous reasons.
Many of these reasons still exist but have been overridden by the current rin...