Plans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville

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By NEALE HARVEY
PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed to reach a consensus on pushing through the move.
However, RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists the proposal could be revisited as part of wider discussions over season structure from 2019.
With the tier two playoffs having now been scrapped, some clubs favoured expansion as a means of providing more guaranteed home games, while others voiced reservations over squad sizes and having to divide existing money more ways.
Melville told The Rugby Paper: &ldquo...

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