NICK CAIN
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The biggest story of the season in the domestic game in England came three weeks ago when the Championship clubs defeated RFU/ Premiership attempts to enshrine the ring-fencing of the top league.
The staunch and sustained opposition from the Championship clubs – including the threat of refusing to co-operate with the incumbent Twickenham administration – resulted in the RFU Council being compelled to vote to restore promotion-relegation for the coming season.
This brought an end to the disastrous 2021 moratorium on promotion-relegation, which h...