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Sad to see Reds go but it’s no surprise

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The Rugby Paper Team
1 October 2023

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AS sad as the Jersey news is I am not surprised. I follow a lot of Championship rugby and have always wondered how sustainable clubs were. Six promotions in seven years, Jersey had to sell their ground in 2016 and then lease it back to pay off a million pound debt. Then recently local government funding ended. The writing was on the wall if anyone i.e. the RFU looked hard enough. That is why my beloved Pirates haven’t been able to compete for...

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