JEFF Probyn’s column last week is rightly scathing about the Premiership and EPCR, citing their lack of concern about the game of rugby as a whole and their interest only in their parochial competitions and their financial success.
As he writes, “the money they raise through the expensive hire of contracted players doesn’t help fund the growth or survival of the game and they make no contribution to the money raised by World Rugby, or their home unions. Instead, they actually damage the survival chances of many clubs in the various unions, by taking the lion’s share ...