HOW is it in any way good governance that there are two professional club leagues in England, and yet there is one rule for the Premiership and another for the Championship? That is how the RFU choose to operate at the moment, with Bill Sweeney, the RFU chief executive who announced cuts to Championship funding of almost 40 per cent in February, bringing the second tier season to a halt, despite six clubs of the 12 having played 14 games, or 63 per cent of the season, and the other six clubs 15 games, or 68 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Premiership gets to continue when/if the co...