By NEALE HARVEY
EALING have a stadium on standby and would be able to take a place in the Premiership if they can overhaul London Irish, according to rugby director Ben Ward.
It has been widely assumed that ambitious Ealing would be unable to meet the top-flight’s exacting criteria at their Vallis Way stadium – and that remains the case.
However, Ward insists an alternative ground has been audited by the RFU and would be given the green light to host Premiership rugby if Ealing beat the odds.
Ward, right, told The Rugby Paper: “Irish are the favourites at the moment but if...