THE arrogance of the Premiership in its dealings with other parts of the English club game knows no bounds. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the arbitrary exclusion of Cambridge and Chinnor from the Premiership Cup this season, with promoted National One winners Chinnor, and their predecessors, Cambridge, told by the RFU/Premiership to like it or lump it.
The decision to run a 20-team format, rather than extend it to 22, has left both clubs in the lurch without fixtures and, crucially, the income from home matches during a two to three month period, with an enforced month-lo...