PAUL REES SPEAKS TO PREMIERSHIP DIRECTORS OF RUGBY ABOUT THE SALARY CAP CUTS

As Pat Lam wrestles with the question whether the reduction in the Premiership’s salary cap has hampered the chances of an English club winning the Heineken Champions Cup, he looks to his right and points to a picture frame which takes pride of place in his office at Bristol’s training ground.
It contains a Connacht jersey from the 2015-16 season when the province defied the belief that success is driven by money and won what was then the PRO12, defeating Leinster in the final. It was a year when Leicester Ci...