By JON NEWCOMBE
FORMER Lions manager John Spencer has accused Premiership Rugby (PRL) of double standards over player welfare.
The Rugby Paper understands the umbrella organisation of English rugby’s top professional league has drafted proposals to play three midweek rounds of fixtures - Rounds 16, 19 and 21, with another in reserve - in order to complete the 2019/20 season.
If confirmed, the three remaining Premiership teams in the Champions Cup - Exeter, Northampton and Saracens - will face a crazy schedule of nine games in just under six weeks, from the proposed start date of Augus...