JEREMY GUSCOTT’S VERDICT

THE Premiership has waves of wonderful rugby – but there is not enough of it over the course of the season. Some of that is down to the weather and the pitch conditions, but it is also down the quality of player skill sets and their ability to adapt.
There is also the influence of relegation, and at the bottom end of the table that pressure is significant.
This inaugural Gallagher Premiership season will start with the usual excitement in September with the sun out, firm pitches and great expectations from the fans – but in January and February i...