By PETER JACKSON
THE MAN whose millions kept Cardiff Blues afloat for more than 20 years today calls for the creation of a British & Irish League as a matter of urgency.
Peter Thomas is urging rugby’s new paymasters, CVC Partners, to introduce a 24-team, two-conference competition as the most effective way of transforming the club game into a viable business.
“I really hope it comes off and the sooner it happens, the better,’ he told The Rugby Paper in response to last week’s prediction from one club chairman that a British & Irish League will be in operation...