By NEALE HARVEY

Concern: Alistair Bow

NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says hard-up Championship sides are being forced to put recruitment plans on hold amid doubts over future RFU funding.
With the Championship’s current £5.2m-a-year deal with the RFU expiring this summer, along with Greene King’s £400,000 sponsorship, Bow claims clubs have received no indication from the governing body of a revised deal – or that funding will continue at all.
Bolstered by a £1m-plus annual contribution from Premiership Rugby, Championship clubs currently receive arou...