We’ll reject changes to promotion, vow Championship clubs

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EALING, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Reuben Bird-Tulloch of Ealing Trailfinders scores the third try during the Premiership Rugby Cup match between Ealing Trailfinders and Saracens at Trailfinders Sports Ground on November 02, 2024 in Ealing, England. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)

By Nick Cain

Championship clubs are refusing to accept late changes to promotion-relegation regulations.
They assert it contravenes the RFU Council’s decision in June to restore promotion-relegation, and will instead result in the Premiership remaining ring-fenced this season, and for the foreseeable future.
Simon Halliday, the Championship Board’s outgoing chairman, questions the legality of these developments, and has challenged the RFU Board, as the English Union’s main arm of governance, to explain its position, both in a letter to its chairman, Tom Ilube, and in a statement seen by Th...

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