By NEALE HARVEY

ENGLISH rugby’s broken model needs fixing and now is the perfect time to instigate change, says industry expert Mark Evans.
Against a backdrop of Premiership clubs carrying huge debts and supporting untenable wage bills even before Covid-19 forced crisis-hit sides to slash player salaries by 25 per cent, former Harlequins CEO Evans believes the reset button must be pressed.
He wants radical reforms:
■ Ring-fencing England’s top two leagues
■ Cutting the salary cap
■ Playing fewer games
■ Initiating a collective bargaining agreement wi...