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Relegation freeze makes sense in World Cup year

Bath hooker Tom Dunn

JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

There’s actually a reason the Premiership have been paid such a premium by the RFU for the last eight years, and been allowed to ring fence themselves. Although we all thought is was just greed and avarice on their part without a care for the rest of the game, it’s actually based on a once every four-year player release issue at the World Cup.
A World Cup requires extra time and access to certain employees of the clubs who remain on the pay sheet even though they are not available to do their job.
With the potential unbalancing of the Premiership f...

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