By NEALE HARVEY
ANGRY National One clubs have accused the RFU and Premiership Rugby of ‘damaging the integrity’ of their competition after a majority vote in favour of reducing the number of dual-registered players sides can field was rejected.
Last season, for the first time, National One clubs were allowed to select up to ten England Academy Players (EAPs) and three ‘loan’ players in match day squads of 20 – a figure many felt compromised the spirit of community rugby.
Loughborough Students were a major beneficiary, using their links with Leicester to bolster...