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NIGEL Melville made it clear just before Christmas that there would be promotion and relegation this season. The RFU’s acting chief executive and pro rugby director stipulated also that the only changes that could be made to promotion-relegation in future would have to be approved by the Professional Game Board (PGB), and then passed to the RFU Council, which would consider the recommendation.
This makes the PGB a key player in deciding whether promotion-relegation remains an underlying principle of Rugby Union in England. That is why it ...