FORMER England scrum-half Nigel Melville is the latest former RFU big gun to join Premiership Rugby after being appointed executive chairman of their investor board, The Rugby Paper can reveal.
Melville, 59, left his role as director of professional rugby at the RFU in 2019 but has now resurfaced with the umbrella body of England’s top-flight clubs, where his brief will include looking after the Premiership’s elite in matters such as governance and competitions.
Melville will also have a key role to play in managing the labyrinthine Professional Game Agreement (PGA) with the RFU – a task for...