COLIN BOAG

Small steps forwards: Gloucester play Harlequins in front of 1,000 fans at Kingsholm

Sometimes we have to push our prejudices or our desire for revenge to one side, and think about rugby’s greater good. To use what has become a cliché, these are ‘unprecedented’ times, and need a very different way of thinking. It’s time for the Premiership owners to act.
Yesterday, Saracens played Leinster in a Champions Cup quarter-final, but next season are destined to play in English rugby’s second tier - not, of course, because they failed on the pitc...