RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership will operate as normal in 2019, despite suggestions a play-off might occur next season ahead of a moratorium on top-flight relegation.
Premiership club bosses are keen on shutting off the top-flight in order to cut mounting losses and reduce the upheaval relegation causes, with one possibility being a ‘do or die’ showdown involving the Championship winners and the Premiership’s bottom team.
It is reported that Championship clubs are open to a financial s...