JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

IT SEEMS that Dudley Wood, the former RFU secretary (equivalent of the modern day CEO), was right in his conversation with me back in 1991 when we were discussing the potential of the professional rugby spectre coming into the Union game.
At that time the England squad were attempting to earn some money with the ‘Run with the Ball’ scheme during the World Cup and various players were sent to meet the members of the RFU to explain why and what we were hoping for.
Back then, the game was amateur which meant all the players havin...