Baxter: Cut games and we’ll all go bust

By NEALE HARVEY
EXETER supremo Rob Baxter has warned that professional rugby will go bust if demands by players to play significantly fewer games are accepted.
Bath and England fullback Anthony Watson is the latest star to enter the welfare debate, declaring top players should appear no more than 20 times each season.
However, Chiefs rugby director Baxter insists that is not viable and urges a reality check over player welfare and who pays the players’ wages.
An impassioned Baxter told The Rugby Paper: “It’s the hardest thing for a coach to talk about because player welfar...

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