By JON NEWCOMBE

RPA chairman Christian Day believes making English players the best-looked after in the world will help to combat the player drain from the Premiership to France’s Top 14 and other more affluent leagues.
The salary cap reduction to £5 million and the loss of three clubs – Worcester, Wasps and London Irish – has made the Premiership a less attractive market in comparison to the money on offer across the channel and places like Japan.
Approximately half of the players out of contract at the end of June who have secured a new job have stayed in England – either in the Premiers...