PAUL REES SAYS MONEY WILL BE THE PRIME FACTOR BEHIND THE SIZE OF THE PREMIERSHIP IN THE FUTURE

WHEN Gloucester faced Sale at the AJ Bell Stadium last weekend for a match between two teams who started the week in the top four, all their first choice outside backs were away on international duty.
Santiago Carreras was with Argentina, Louis Rees-Zammit was in the Wales team that took on New Zealand, Chris Harris and Adam Hastings were playing for Scotland against Fiji, Giorgi Kvesladze was in Tbilisi where Georgia faced Uruguay and Jonny May, after a swift recovery from a dislocated el...