By LUKE JARMYN

Alex Rae has labelled the RFU’s funding approach to the Championship as “criminal” after seeing his former club Jersey Reds cease trading.
The Coventry director of rugby is heavily concerned that conversations behind closed doors at Twickenham have revealed that the RFU could be cutting funding to the second tier even further than where it currently stands.
While there’s been hope the re-formatted Premiership Cup, and the new Professional Game Agreement from Summer 2024, could spell a sea-change in financial support for the
Championship, Coventry’s executive chairman Jon Sh...