IN AN otherwise wellreasoned interview with Neale Harvey in last week’s Rugby Paper, Tony Rowe, chairman of Exeter presents a very onesided view of the clubs v country issue.
The ‘certain amount of money’ the Premiership clubs get each year is, by my calculation over 20 per cent of his £10m playing budget. Of course such huge payments are subject to conditions and, given that internationals from other countries are not subject to the same release requirements for training sessions, it has to be debatable whether England are getting good value for the RFU’s mone...