By STEFFAN THOMAS

OUTGOING EPCR chairman Simon Halliday insists the relationship between clubs and unions must improve for the sake of player welfare.
The partnership between clubs and national unions has come under stress in recent years due to the absence of a globally aligned calendar resulting in a clash between club games and Test matches.
Top 14 and Premiership fixtures regularly clash with international matches, and although the newly rebranded United Rugby Championship has limited such instances Wales’ out of window Test against New Zealand will be played at the same tim...