LAST week’s TRP included Jeff Probyn’s interesting piece, contesting Brian Moore’s claim that payments to players should be banned in all but a limited number of senior leagues.
Jeff is of course right to question the extent to which money currently being paid out by clubs well down the league structure would be diverted to more productive purposes via the employment of rugby development officers, or investment in facilities.
However, there can be no doubt that millions of pounds are flowing straight out of the game via the pockets of thousands of players falling w...