SO this year’s Premiership relegation battle is between Bristol and Worcester – its two most recent recruits. Barring a play-off disaster, their place will be taken by London Irish.
Next season, over a straight 22-match Championship campaign it’s odds-on that the relegated team will end up top of the pile. And who will come down? The survivor of this year’s tussle… or London Irish?
The gap between the Premiership ‘13’ and the cash-starved Championship grows bigger each season. Since Exeter in 2010, no other Championship side have been able to compe...