JEFF PROBYN

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Pedigree: Nigel Melville at the RFU and, inset, playing for England
PICTURE: Getty Images

“Nigel Melville is the first real ‘rugby man’ in the role of CEO since the resignation of Tony Hallett in 1997”
Christmas is coming and we are approaching the halfway stage of the season but some of the established teams are not looking their best, so the ‘old chestnut’ is rolled out again.
Ring-fencing. Every year we have the same old threat of the Premiership expanding to include all of their shareholders and then pul...