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Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season
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The Rugby Players’ Association (RPA), has said that up to 80 Premiership players have been left without contracts as a result of the salary cap cut. For the players affected it’s horrible, as what are already short careers in professional sport are being cut even shorter, but we should keep a sense of perspective about this.
Elite sport is a tough and unforgiving business, and for every player who earns a Premiership contract, there are plenty of others...